N. Cartwright, London an 18ct gold pair-cased open-face pock...

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£2,000 - £3,000

N. Cartwright, London an 18ct gold pair-cased open-face pocket watch formerly the property of William Drummond 4th Viscount Strathallan, the white enamel dual having black Roman numerals, five-minute outer numerals and gilt-brass beetle-and-poker hands, the chain-fusee movement having a pierced and engraved balance cock to the verge escapement, with Egyptian pillars, the backplate having Tompion regulation and signed N. Cartwright, London, 2188, the outer case with shagreen covering and monogrammed in point to the rear, the inner case indistinctly marked within, diameter 48mm. Note: N. Cartwright is recorded as a watchmaker in circa 1740. By descent the Drummond family as loaned to the Innerpeffray Library, Crieff in 1999. Notes: William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690 - 16 April 1746), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, who died at the Battle of Culloden. Pardoned for his part in the 1715 Rising, Lord Strathallan raised a troop of cavalry for Prince Charles in 1745 and appointed Jacobite Governor of Perth. While the main army invaded England, he remained in Scotland to recruit additional troops and was replaced by Lord John Drummond in late November 1745. He died at Culloden in April 1746. Reference: Pittock, Murray, Drummond, William, fourth viscount of Strathallan (Online ed.). Oxford DNB 2013.