Woudenbergh

A rare Amsterdam pair-cased verge pocket watch, former property of a noble family

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estimated

2.500—4.000 €

Price realized

3.200 €

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specific features

Case

Outer case - silver, the case back engraved. Inner case - silver, smooth, case maker's punch mark "PL".

Dial

Enamel.

Movement

Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm iron balance.

Diam.63 mm

Circa1740

Ctry.Netherlands

Wt.176 g

The outer case is decorated with an engraved baroque coat of arms, winged putti and acanthus leaves, the balance cock in the movement bears a count’s coronet with monogram.

Cornelis Woudenbergh (Woudenberg) was born in 1676 in Sparendam in the province of North Holland. He settled in Amsterdam as a maker of watches and clocks. In 1702 he married Barbera Gesner, the daughter of Johannes Jakob Gessner of Zurich. Cornelis and Barbera had four children. His Amsterdam grandfather clocks were signed "Gesner & Woudenbergh". A second pocket watch signed "Gesner & Woudenbergh" is in the collection of the Museum Het Princessehof in Leeuwarden. Cornelis Woudenbergh died in October 1711.