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75. Large gold watch, three and one-half inches in diameter. Open 

 face showing split-second-hand. Made by Bouvier Freres 

 at Geneva in the year 1790. (Diameter 80, thickness 27 mm.) 



(Plate XXVI, fig. 3.) 



76. Gold repeating watch contained in an outer case of brown and 

 white opaque enamel attached to a chatelaine of the same ma- 

 terial. The movement was made by Peter Mackdonald in 

 London in the years 1 790-1 794. This watch was formerly the 

 property of Admiral, Lord Nelson, the Hero of Trafalgar. On 

 the back of the watch an N is engraved, surmounted by a 

 coronet, and also the letter B. The N is for Nelson and the B 

 for Bronte. The Neapolitan title of Duke of Bronte was 

 granted to Nelson in 1799. This watch was made some years 

 before being presented to Nelson, the date of manufacture 

 antedating the conferment of the title "Duke of Bronte." 

 (Diameter 50, thickness 22 mm.) 



(Plate L Frontispiece.) 



77. Pinchbeck watch contained in an outer case of shagreen. Made 

 by John Morier in London. Morier was admitted to the 

 Clockmakers' Company in the year 1799.^^ (Diameter 46, 

 thickness 22 mm.) 



(Plate XXVL fig. I.) 



78. Open-face pinchbeck watch; surround,ed on each side by a border 

 of paste. The back is ornamented with an enamel. French 

 or Swiss manufacture of the late eighteenth century. (Diam- 

 eter 51, thickness 22 mm.) 



(Plate XXVn, fig. 3-) 



1* The shagreen cover on this watch is the best example of that material in the 

 collection. 



