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Richard Webster - SILVER CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH TWO CASE JACKETS. SILVER CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH TWO CASE JACKETS. Webster, Richard. London Date: Ca. 1811. Technique: Silver, tortoise shell, welded steel, acromatic glass, etc. Description: The first case jacket with tortoise shell and ornamental silver piquet. The second case jacket is smooth and without ornamentation in silver, as is the actual watch case. Enamelled dial with Roman hours and Arabic minute track, inner chapter ring for the date with blued steel hands. The movement between two gilt brass plates. Brass wheel train, verge escapement with wheel balance, spring drum with chain and fusee. Without striking mechanism. Measurement: Length 21cm, Ø 16cm. Mark: Inscr. on the back plate ”R. D. Webster Change Alley London” (Richard Webster, from 1811, Loomes p.823). Case inspection mark London 1811, maker's mark presumably John Baxter. Enclosed: Key. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 30,25 Euro plus 5,75 Euro VAT EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Please note that this object is made of materials, for whose export into countries outside the EU contract area a permission due to Cites regulations is necessary. We point out that such a permission is usually not given. Explanations to the Catalogue Richard Webster Great Britain Clocks