A small English silver mounted tortoiseshell travel timepiece, 1906
Description
3.2-cm enamel dial with Roman numerla sand blued hands, 8-day spring driven movement with lever escapement marked French Movement, rectangular tortoiseshell case with silver mounts, surmounted by an arched handle, the front with Louis XVI garlands, raised on ball feet.
The silver on this little clock is marked for 1906 and the London silversmiths William Comyns & Sons Ltd. The firm was established in 1859 and was one of England’s most successful and sought-after silversmiths, creating more than 30,000 different silver objects, including all the coronets for Queen Victoria’s coronation.
At the end of the 19th Century in England a production of miniature clocks started instigated by silversmiths. The movements were imported from France and put in either fully silver cases or tortoiseshell cases with silver mounts. The silver on this little clock is marked for 1906 and the London silversmiths William Comyns & Sons Ltd. The firm was established in 1859 and was one of England’s most successful and sought-after silversmiths, creating more than 30,000 different silver objects, including all the coronets for Queen Victoria’s coronation.
