Made by the well-known partnership of Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, the 11/2in (4cm) dial featured Roman numerals, the dust cap was signed Thos Mudge W Dutton London and the movement signed Tho Mudge W Dutton 765 London.
The finely enamelled but chipped outer case featured a lady with a cherub on her breast, initialled SMM. Estimated at £2500-4500, on April 26 it sold to the London trade in the room bidding against a telephone bidder for £25,000 plus 15 per cent buyer’s premium, including VAT.
Gold pair-cased pocket watch
This gold pair-cased pocket watch was brought into the offices of Charterhouse auctioneers of Sherborne, Dorset in a plastic carrier bag – albeit a Harrods bag – by a vendor who had kept it in his sock drawer for many years.
