LOT 5 Harper & Son, Salop (Shropshire). A gilt metal key wind ...
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Harper & Son, Salop (Shropshire). A gilt metal key wind pair case pocket watch with reposé decorationDate: Circa 1790Movement: Gilt full plate fee verge, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation, No.1162Dial: White, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, gilt handsCase: Polished inner, reposé outer depicting Vulcan surprising Mars and VenSigned: MovementSize: 50mmFor further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: Depicted in the repose is a story taken from Homer's Odyssey (8.266-366). The bard Demodoc tells the story of how Ven, the goddess of love, was married to the blacksmith god Vulcan but was in love with Mars, the god of War. Vulcan made a cobweb of fine chains which he strew across Ven and his bed. Mars and Ven got caught in the chains and Vulcan then invited the other gods to laugh at them.
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