Bidders stretch to top estimate

Breathing quality, this 22ct gold, pocket watch, below, was by an apparently unrecorded maker but nevertheless pitched at a positive £3000-3200 at Tamlyns’ (18% buyer’s premium) sale at Bridgwater on August 30.

Catalogued as 18th century, it was engraved Stretch Fecit to the dial and Sam Stretch Birmingham t…

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