Watch with ladies offering a dove on the altar of love
Also known as: Horloge met dames die een duif offeren op het liefdesaltaar
Record status
Individual type · partial
Watch with ladies offering a dove on the altar of love is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: Gold watch, repeating watch, with enamelled scene depicting two maidens before an altar.
Surrounded by a wreath of flowers with rubies and pearls. The collection record gives measurements diameter 5.5 cm; format: gold (metal); ruby (mineral); pearl. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Format recorded
- gold (metal); ruby (mineral); pearl
Identification
- Europeana id
- /739/europeana_fashion_BK_15009
- Museum object name
- Horloge met dames die een duif offeren op het liefdesaltaar
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.