GENT'S SILVER POCKET WATCH, Fontac, London (signed), c1795, back key wind, key included, white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and outer Arabic numerals in five minute intervals, gold indicator hands, the 2-piece hinged case engraved with a dog, a fence, trees, foliage and two 'love' birds in flight all within a bead-and-reel and ribbon woven trailing foliage borders, works cover inscribed, 'J.Betts/Jan'y 2nd/1837' and at bottom outside edge of back of case also inscribed, 'Jn Betts'. Small chip in top edge of glass cover, in working order, very fine.