Mandolin-shaped Watch
Also known as: Mandoline-shaped Watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1825 - c. 1850
Watch made of enamelled gold in the shape of a mandolin. The caseband is painted with part of a musical score. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15016; its record gives material recorded as pearl, gold (metal), glass; measurements diameter 2 cm x height 6 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
- pearl, gold (metal), glass
- Dimensions
- diameter 2 cm x height 6 cm · diameter 2 cm (?) x hoogte 6 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 2 cm x height 6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge in de vorm van een mandoline
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15016
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.