Pocket watch with white enamelled dial
Also known as: Zakhorloge met witgeëmailleerde wijzerplaat
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1850
Men's repeating watch in gold. The back cover is engine-turned, with the exception of an oval. The white enamelled dial with Arabic numerals is fitted with simple steel hour, minute and seconds hands. The movement is unmarked. Scratched on the back cover: van der Blom No. 338. Watch number 2709. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14599; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.4 cm x height 7.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 1.5 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5,4 cm x hoogte 7,6 cm x breedte 5,4 cm x diepte 1,5 cm · diameter 5.4 cm x height 7.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 1.5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.4 cm x height 7.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 1.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met witgeëmailleerde wijzerplaat
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-14599
- Museum classification
- pocket watch · jewellery
Catalogue references
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Research required
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