Description
Heading : Tunbridge Ware – A Pocket Watch Stand with Geometric Mosaic Decoration
Date : 1875 – 1880
Period : Victorian
Origin : Tunbridge Wells; England
Decoration : Five-square geometric border within banded and continuous key-line stringing; larger mosaic squares to the corners
Size : front face 7.4 x 7.4 cm square; 5.2 cm high
Condition : very good; no damage to the veneered faces; velvet inlay to the watch recess is faded. as is the lining paper to the chain recess and base
Restoration : none
Weight : 46 grams
Notes : There were a number of different designs for watch stands. this being one of the least elaborate versions; it is of a near-identical design to labelled versions we have seen which are marked as being made by ‘Thomas Barton – late Nye’. and the nature of said label gives us the above date range; the aperture of this stand will accommodate a watch of around 43mm in diameter
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