Miscellaneous

Lot 1528    SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 26 JULY)    Miscellaneous

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $150

GENT'S FULL HUNTER POCKET WATCH, in silver, key wind (no key with lot), white dial with black Roman numerals, second dial with Arabic numerals, dial marked, 'Lancashire Watch Co Ltd/London & Prescot', machine turned case hallmarked for Chester 1901 by T.P.G (Thomas Peter Hewitt); ladies full hunter pocket watch, in silver, white dial with gold decorative pattern around edge and blue Arabic numerals, gold hands, decoratively engraved case hallmarked with three bears and 0.935 as was used for Swiss made watches for the English market prior to 1907, shield on lid inscribed, 'MC' (Maud Corbould). The first with cracked dial glass and hinge on lid broken, the second missing dial glass and suspension ring, working order unknown, otherwise very fine. (2)

Maud Corbould full name Alice Maud Mary Corbould nee Eversleigh was born at Yass, NSW and named after the second daughter of Queen Victoria. Her father Robert Eversleigh was the Gold Commissioner for NSW and Mining Engineer. She was married on 26 January 1883 by Rev Dr Fullerton to Ernest Edward Corbould and was the mother of Gordon Clarence Corbould, a Australian submariner lost on the submarine AE1 when it disappeared without trace in WWI.



See lots 1495 and 5074 for other items to Corbould family.