Pocket watch with enamelled representation of Antony and Cleopatra
Also known as: Zakhorloge met geëmailleerde voorstelling van Antonius en Cleopatra
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1742
Silver watch with an enamelled roundel on the back cover depicting Antony and Cleopatra, with a landscape as counter-enamel on the inside. The silver dial with raised Roman hour numerals and Arabic minute numerals has a roundel with tendril ornament in the centre, two borders of which are marked: Pierre Morin, Amsterdam, while the balance cock is formed by a monogram of his crowned initials.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15006; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.2 cm x height 6.9 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 3.2 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.2 cm x height 6.9 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 3.2 cm diameter 5,2 cm x hoogte 6,9 cm x breedte 5,2 cm x diepte 3,2 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.2 cm x height 6.9 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 3.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met geëmailleerde voorstelling van Antonius en Cleopatra
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15006
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch
Catalogue references
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Research required
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