Key belonging to verge watch
Also known as: Sleutel behorend bij spilhorloge
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1777
This watch is among the earliest known by the famous Parisian watchmaker Jean Anthoine Lépine. The number beneath the dial is a serial number; an example that can be dated with certainty thanks to the marks in the case (Paris, 1778) is numbered 3 053 (Auction Auctorem Geneva, 10-4-1992, no.
111), another numbered 2 025 has hallmark date marks for 1777 (Chapiro 1988, p. 44). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2014-8-1; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal), iron (metal); measurements height 3.1 cm x width 1.4 cm x depth 0.2 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
- tin (metal), iron (metal)
- Measurements
- height 3.1 cm x width 1.4 cm x depth 0.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.1 cm x width 1.4 cm x depth 0.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel behorend bij spilhorloge
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2014-8-1
- Museum classification
- key
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, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against lock and metalwork references.