Lot 298
VICTORIAN SILVER AND SHAGREEN MINIATURE DESK CLOCK, WALTER THORNHILL & CO, LONDON
DATED 1880
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
the white enamel dial with painted Arabic numerals, signed ‘W Thornhill & Co, London, W’, the arched white shagreen case bound in silver, surmounted by a moving bracket with a revolving bar, the case hallmarked maker Thornhill & Co (Walter Thornhill), London 1880, the single barrel timepiece movement with platform level escapement, numbered ‘2099’
Dimensions
8cm high [handle up], 5cm wide
Footnote
William Thornhill & Co. was a prominent 19th-century London cutlery, jeweller, and luxury goods firm based at 144 New Bond Street, London