{"id":2523,"date":"2016-08-08T07:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T07:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regentantiques.com\/blog\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2016-08-08T07:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T07:55:38","slug":"william-birch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regentantiques.com\/blog\/william-birch\/","title":{"rendered":"William Birch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Birch was an English watchmaker, silversmith and jeweller based in London.<\/p>\n<p>He is recorded as working in Fenchurch Street in London around 1840 and was a successor to William Turner. The firm became Gaydon &#038; Birch when he went into partnership with Gaydon in 1875 and it was still trading in 1893.<\/p>\n<p>He died at the age of 88 in 1903.<\/p>\n<p>The British Museum has some examples of his work on display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Birch was an English watchmaker, silversmith and jeweller based in London. 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