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19. Square iron watch, ornamented with brass and cut iron. This is 

 one of the earliest types of watches and was made by Johann 

 Sigmund Schloer, at Regensburg, (?) Bavaria,'' probably in the 

 seventeenth century. (Diameter 38, thickness 19 mm.) 



(Plate \TII, fig. 2.) 



20. Chatelaine of chased gold on grey agate. Period of Louis XV 

 (1710-1774). (120 X 60 X 4 mm.) 



(Plate VIII, fig. I.) 



21. Gold and enamel watch. Miniature of a lady on the back, sur- 

 rounded by a border of paste. Made by Esquivillon Freres 

 and DeChoudens of Paris. Period of Louis XV (1710-1774)- 

 (Diameter 36, thickness 20 mm.) 



(Plate IX, fig. 2.) 



22. Silver watch in a pierced and engraved case, containing an alarm- 

 bell. White enameled dial. Made by Tasinon at Tournay, 

 . France. Period of Louis XV (1710-1774). (Diameter 62, 

 thickness 37 mm.) 



(Plate IX, fig. I.) 



23. Silver repeating watch with a pierced and engraved case; enameled 

 dial. Made by Jean Fardoit in Paris in the early eighteenth 

 century. (Diameter 52, thickness 31 mm.) 



(Plate IX, fig. 4.) 



' The inscription seems to be "Regenb," which we take to be an abbreviation for 

 Regensburg. There is a small village named Regen in Bavaria, but it is more likely 

 that Schloer was located in Ratisbon (Regensburg). 



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