A Victorian silver cased small carriage timepiece William Thornhill and Company, London, 1889 The French eight-day movement with platform lever escapement vertically planted on the backplate stamped with oval trademark WT & Co to centre, the unusual circular white on black enamel Roman numeral dial with gilt scroll-pierced hands and inscribed W. THORNHILL & Co., LONDON W. to centre set behind a convex glass with moulded bezel, the rectangular case with scroll cast and chased hinged carrying handle to the leafy spray engraved top over cast gadroon-bordered front panel incorporating floral scroll repousse infill around the dial, the sides and rear door with conforming decoration, on reeded bun feet, Hallmarks for London 1889, 9.5cm (3.75ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands. The London firm of Walter Thornhill and Company are recorded on the British Museum website as being founded by Joseph Gibbs in 1734. They were originally cutlers but by 1805 had become known as Morley & Thornhill, later from 1820 as John James Thornhill & Co., listed from 1838 as cutlers to the Queen. By 1850 or 1851 the firm was in the hands of Walter Thornhill and from c.1875 was