Pocket watch, c. 1790 - c. 1810
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1790 - c. 1810
Gold watch with enamelled scene, depicting a girl with a blue sash, holding a basket containing two birds, while a cat climbs up against her, on a background of blue translucent enamel. The white enamelled dial with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals on the quarters is marked: Frès. Lurasco à Amsterdam. The plate is likewise signed and also numbered 5752. The cock is formed by letters. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15011; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.3 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
- gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5,3 cm · diameter 5.3 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15011
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.