£800 - £1,200
Of Peter Lanyon/Barbara Hepworth interest - a gentlemans wristwatch with 18ct gold bi-metal case, the cream dial set out with Arabic numerals and batons with a subsidiary second dial, the reverse engraved in script 'Peter with love from Barbara May 1937' Provenance: The watch has been consigned by a friend of both Peter and Barbara, a photographer, who developed the skill of restoring and repairing timepieces and scientific instruments, initially as a hobby. Barbara had approached our client with the watch that had been the subject of a studio accident, having been dropped into a tin of vermilion paint. It was taken away on the basis that it would be cleaned and restored when time allowed. In the meantime Peter was involved in his gliding accident. On learning of Peter's death our vendor endeavoured to return the now clean and working watch to the family, but was advised that he might keep the watch as a memento in lieu of the bill.
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