Second case of a watch with the Adoration of the Shepherds
Also known as: Tweede kast van horloge met de aanbidding der herders
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1762
Inscription, on locking ring: ‘GLOIRE SOIT A DIEU/AUX LIEUX/TRES HAUTS & EN TERRE PAIX/ENVERS LES HOMMES/BONNE VOLONTE’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1958-32-1; its record gives material recorded as sharkskin, copper (metal); measurements height 2.8 cm x diameter 5.4 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- sharkskin, copper (metal)
- Dimensions
- height 2.8 cm x diameter 5.4 cm · hoogte 2,8 cm x diameter 5,4 cm
- Measurements
- height 2.8 cm x diameter 5.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tweede kast van horloge met de aanbidding der herders
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1958-32-1
- 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
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