Watch by Claude Du Cleron, French, Lyons, ca. 1600
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1600
Watch made by Claude Du Cleron (French, active 1593–1637, died 1637), dated ca. 1600, from French, Lyons. The museum records its materials as: Gilt metal, rock crystal, silver.
Recorded dimensions: 1 1/2 × 1 in. (3.8 × 2.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1611; 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Gilt metal, rock crystal, silver
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 × 1 in. (3.8 × 2.5 cm)
- Materials museum
- Gilt metal, rock crystal, silver
- Dimensions museum
- 1 1/2 × 1 in. (3.8 × 2.5 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- French, Lyons
- Date recorded
- ca. 1600
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Claude Du Cleron (French, active 1593–1637, died 1637)
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1611
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.