Watch, Pierre Vernede, ca. 1650
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1650
Watch made by Pierre Vernede (active Agen, ca. 1630–40), dated ca. 1650, from French, Agen. The museum records its materials as: Case: rock crystal and enameled gold mounts; Dial: gold, champlevé enamel, and painted enamel; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel.
Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1579; 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
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: rock crystal and enameled gold mounts; Dial: gold, champlevé enamel, and painted enamel; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel
- Materials
- Case: rock crystal and enameled gold mounts; Dial: gold, champlevé enamel, and painted enamel; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- French, Agen
- Date recorded
- ca. 1650
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Pierre Vernede (active Agen, ca. 1630–40)
- Museum attribution
- Pierre Vernede
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1579
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
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