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James Hagger London 1726 verge fusee pocket watch 18k gold repousse case Penelop

Estimated price for orientation: 6 500 $

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Description
Year of Manufacture: Pre-1800 Escapement Type: Verge
Brand: James Hagger Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding)
Closure: Pair Case Serial Number: 380
Material: Gold Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Features: 12-Hour Dial, Repusse case


James Hagger London 1726 verge fusee pocket watch 18k gold repousse case Penelope and the Suitors A fine, rare pair-cased verge pocket watch “Penelope and the Suitors” Case: outer case - 18K gold, “repoussé” decoration depicting Penelope and the Suitors, chased volute and foliage border, large lateral hinge. Inner case - 18K gold, polished. Hallmark date letter L for 1726. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, pierced gold hands. Full plate movement, key wind, firegilt, signed, applied, florally engraved and pierced silver ornaments, chain/fusee, squared baluster movement pillars, three-arm brass balance, pierced and engraved silver balance cock with grotesque face, the movement is in very nice good working condition. Size diameter 49 mm, weight 108 g, age circa 1726 Penelope is the wife of the main character, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus and daughter of Icarius and his wife Periboea. She only has one son by Odysseus, Telemachus, who was born just before Odysseus was called to fight in the Trojan War. She waits twenty years for the final return of her husband, during which she has a hard time snubbing marriage proposals from odious suitors. On Odysseus’s return, disguised as an old beggar, he finds that Penelope has remained faithful. She has devised tricks to delay her suitors, one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus’s elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished. Every night for three years, she undoes part of the shroud, until Melantho, one of twelve unfaithful serving women, discovers her chicanery and reveals it to the suitors. Reference, Ballie Watchmakers & clockmakers of the world vol.1 page 139, Hagger started his Apprentice1695 died 1735James Hagger, London 18k Gold Repousse Spindeltaschenuhr,1726 t.1152 Feine, seltene Doppelgehäuse-Spindeltaschenuhr Repousse “Penelope und ihre Freier” t.1152Übergehäuse aus 18Kt Gold, Darstellung von Penelope mit ihren Freiern, punzierte Voluten- und Rankenbordüre, großes Außenscharnier. Innengehäuse - 18Kt Gold, glatt Englische hallmarks London 1726-27 . Beide Gehäuse sind sehr fein gearbeitet und bestens erhalten. Emailziffernblatt, radiale römische Stunden, durchbrochen gearbeitete Goldzeiger, Ziffernblatt und Zeiger sind perfekt erhalten. Feuervergoldet Vollplatinenwerk, Schlüsselaufzug, signiert Jam Hagger, nr. 380 aufgelegte, floral gravierte und durchbrochen gearbeitete Silberornamente, Kette/Schnecke, eckige Balusterpfeiler, dreiarmige Messingunruh, durchbrochen gearbei- teter, gravierter, silberner Unruhkloben mit Fratze, das Werk is in sehr schönen zustand Größe Durchmesser 49 mm, Gewicht 108g, alter circa 1726 Penelope ist in der griechischen Mythologie die Frau des Odysseus und die Mutter des Telemachos. Penelope, eine spartanische Prinzessin, war das Muster einer treuen Ehefrau. Sie wusste ihre zahlreichen Freier während der Irrfahrt ihres Gatten zu vertrösten, indem sie vorgab, sie müsse erst ein Totentuch für ihren Schwiegervater Laertes weben. Doch in der Nacht trennte sie immer wieder auf, was sie am Tag gewebt hatte. Das ging über drei Jahre gut, bis die treulose Dienerin Melantho sie verriet und die Freier sie bei ihrem nächtlichen Treiben überraschten. Literaturnachweiss, Ballie Watchmakers & clockmakers oft he world vol.1 Siete 139, Hagger begann die lehre 1695 er stab 1735. .
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