£1,800
Thomas Gorsuch, Salop (Shrewsbury) - Early 18th century English gilt metal and tortoiseshell verge pocket watch, No. 619, signed deep plate fusee movement with a three-arm balance beneath a glazed balance cock, foliate engraved top plate depicting an oval portrait of a gentleman, silver regulating dial and Egyptian pillars, enamel Roman numeral dial with outer Arabic minute numerals, steel beetle and poker hands, within a consular gilt metal and tortoiseshell case with pin work decoration and winding shutter hole to the reverse, 53mm
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** Thomas Gorsuch (or Gossage) a prominent Shropshire clock and watch maker was born in Shrewsbury in 1683. His surviving work also includes longcase clocks and a number of watches, many with mock pendulums or glass balance cocks as this example displays. He died and was buried in Shrewsbury in 1727.
Movement - currently functioning.
Dial - clean condition..
Glass - light marks.
Hands - good.
Case - considered generally in good condition for the period with typical light marks and fractures as expected, small area of loss tot he button area - see images for general guidance.
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