Watch with Ladies Sacrificing a Dove on the Altar of Love
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1775 - c. 1800
Gold watch, repeating watch, with enamelled scene depicting two maidens before an altar. Surrounded by a wreath of flowers with rubies and pearls. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15009; its record gives material recorded as ruby (mineral), pearl, gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.5 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ruby (mineral), pearl, gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.5 cm · diameter 5,5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met dames die een duif offeren op het liefdesaltaar
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15009
- Museum classification
- jewellery · wrist watch
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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