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LOT 2082
Silver Pocket Watch
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (38.5 grams, 53 mm).
Being a Continental silver-cased watch for key-winding with engraved outer back and plain inner, marked '900 fine' and with '38361(?)' serial number; the unnamed mechanism with hour and minute hands; fitted with an enamelled dial with Roman numerals and a 'bird and flowers' central detail, with suspension ring and back release catch. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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