Quarter repeater watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770
Quarter repeater watch made by William Webster (British, Clockmakers' Company 1710–34, died 1735), dated ca. 1770, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Gold, shagreen, enamel.
Recorded dimensions: Diam.: 2-3/8 in. (6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1464a, b; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 5
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Gold, shagreen, enamel
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2-3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Materials museum
- Gold, shagreen, enamel
- Dimensions museum
- Diam.: 2-3/8 in. (6 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1770
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: William Webster (British, Clockmakers' Company 1710–34, died 1735)
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Quarter repeater watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1464a, b
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: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.