Calendar watch, Thomas Alcock, ca. 1650
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1650
Calendar watch made by Thomas Alcock (recorded working 1630, Clockmakers’ Company 1632, died before 1688), dated ca. 1650, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Outer case: leather-covered silver with silver piqué work; Inner case: silver; Movement: gilt brass, steel, partly blued, and silver. Recorded dimensions: Diam. 1-3/4 in. (4.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1470; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Outer case: leather-covered silver with silver piqué work; Inner case: silver; Movement: gilt brass, steel, partly blued, and silver
- Materials
- Outer case: leather-covered silver with silver piqué work; Inner case: silver; Movement: gilt brass, steel, partly blued, and silver
- Dimensions
- Diam. 1-3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
- Dimensions
- Diam. 1-3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1650
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Thomas Alcock (recorded working 1630, Clockmakers’ Company 1632, died before 1688)
- Museum attribution
- Thomas Alcock
- Museum object name
- Calendar watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1470
Catalogue references
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Research required
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