Watch for the Turkish market with formal designs

Description The case of this watch is gold, enameled "en plein." It was likely made for the Turkish market: the numerals on the dial are in Turkish characters. The date stamp is "U" for 1815. The maker was probably Thomas Perigal, the last of a family of well known clockmakers, under the name of the celebrated Markwick Markham who died in 1760.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Name and location] On dial: Markwick Markham, Perigal London; [Name, location and number] On backplate: Markwick Markham, London, 23412

Credit Acquired before 1931