International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

Some Antique Watches

watch in Mr. Ney’s collection. The upper half of
the dial is cut away, except the outer edge bearing
the numerals. Under the dial and attached to the
hour wheel is a long, thin disk of blued Steel, on the
face of which are attached two small placques, a
gold one to represent the sun and a silver one for
the moon. The hours are marked in the semi-circle
from VI to VI. The sun placque takes the place
of the hour hand by day and the moon after six
o’clock in the evening. At six o’clock the next
morning the sun makes its reappearance. The
minute hand, of course, revolves once an hour.
The interesting gold quarter repeater seen on
this page is also from Mr. Ney’s collection. The
figures of the man and the woman on the face of the
watch represent them clressed in the costume of the
period, about 1800. The maker’s name is unknown.
The figures and ornamental work on the dial are
of gold on a blue-black ground, but the bells are of
silver. The woman strikes the hours on the bell
and the quarters are struck alternately by both.
The view of the watch given by King Charles I
to Sir Edward (then Mr.) Worsley is reproduced
from Allan Fea’s exhaustive volume, “Memoirs
of the Martyr King” (John Lane Company, 1904).
The original has been loaned by the owners to
the Carisbrooke Museum. It is a handsome silver
repeater, with engraved outer case, made by Ed-



GOLD QUARTER REPEATER
(PERIOD AB OUT 1800)
COLLECTION HENRY M. NEY, UTICA,N. Y.

mund East, of Fleet Street, London. The King
also gave a silver alarm to Sir Thomas Herbert,
made by East, who was ordered to supply a gold
one. This, however, never reached its destination.
It passecl through the hands of one of the Parlia-
mentary ofiicers (pos-
sibly Joyce) who, taking
advantage of a time
when it was adjudged
“dangerous to reflect
upon such a person,”
kept it. The timepiece
is large and has two
silver bells for striking
the hours and the quar-
ters, with open filagree
work round the face,
upon which a little view
is represented.
No pun, the dignity of
the Situation might lead
somepeople to hope,was
intended in the scroll
bearing the words:
“And what I sai to you
I sai unto all, watch,”
which appears on the
watch given to the Gov-
ernor of Carisbrooke
Castle. This also has
two cases of silver.


WATCH GIVEN BY ICING CHARLES I TO SIR EDWARD WORSLEY
(FROM “MEMOIRS OF THE MARTYR KING”)

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