Pair-case automaton watch, James Cox, ca. 1770
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770
Pair-case automaton watch in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1977.436.4a, b), dated ca. 1770; museum culture/maker: James Cox. Museum object record; the wider type is not yet verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- Outer case: gold, partly enameled and set with gemstones and paste jewels; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel, with frame set with paste jewels; Movement: with diamond endstone
- Dimensions
- Overall (with bail, confirmed): 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm); Overall (outer case, confirmed): 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (1.9 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm)
Identification
- Museum attribution
- James Cox
- Museum object name
- Pair-case automaton watch
- Museum object number
- 1977.436.4a, 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: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.