A Gilt Metal and Gold Pair Cased Cylinder Pocket Watch, signed Ellicott, London, No.4773, 1759, g

A Gilt Metal and Gold Pair Cased Cylinder Pocket Watch, signed Ellicott, London, No.4773, 1759, gilt fusee cylinder movement and dust cover signed and numbered, nicely pierced balance cock with diamond endstone, pierced pillars, white enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals and a minute track, beetle and poker hands, inner plain gilt metal case numbered inside 4773, maker`s mark JB, London 1759, outer gilt metal case with pique pins around the borders (some lacking) and outer case is now lacking covered surface, 50mm wide

John Ellicott worked from 1728 until his death in 1772. He was more famous than his father and was clockmaker to the King and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Much of his work has a cylinder escapement. See Camerer Cuss Antique Watches, page 124.