Pocket watch with repoussé depiction of two warriors before tents in a loose case
Also known as: Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van twee krijgslieden voor tenten in losse kast
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1740
Silver watch with loose silver case. The silver back is entirely plain; the silver dial with black inlaid Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals on raised plaques on a granulated ground has a central roundel of tendrils on a blue ground and two plaques marked: H.
Reynders Arnhem. The day of the month is visible through a square aperture. The movement plate with elaborately worked silver balance cock is marked: Hermanus Reynders Arnhem. The loose case with repoussé relief, depicting two warriors before tents, has a border of chased ornaments in the style of Bérain, interrupted by two bust portraits, a pelican feeding her young, and a dog. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15024; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 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
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5 cm · kast: diameter 5,6 cm · geheel: hoogte 7 cm x breedte 5,6 cm x diepte 3,1 cm · horloge: diameter 5 cm · diameter 5.6 cm · height 7 cm x width 5.6 cm x depth 3.1 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van twee krijgslieden voor tenten in losse kast
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15024
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch · calendar watch
Catalogue references
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Research required
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