Shell-shaped Watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650 - c. 1660
Watch in a shell-shaped case of rock crystal. The silver dial has inlaid Roman numerals. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15062; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique inlay (process), gild; measurements height 2.8 cm x length 7 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- inlay (process), gild
- Dimensions
- height 2.8 cm x length 7 cm · hoogte 2,8 cm x lengte 7 cm
- Measurements
- height 2.8 cm x length 7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge in de vorm van een schelp
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15062
- 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.