Pocket watch with embossed depiction of a whaler
Also known as: Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van een walvisvaarder
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1775
Silver watch with silver dial, marked: Huysland. The movement marked inside: Hermans Huysland, Amsterdam. The whole enclosed in an embossed silver case, showing the depiction of a whaler with three sloops harpooning a whale, set in a Louis XV ornamental border with sea monsters.
The outer case is of silver covered with green shagreen. Glasses of the outer case are missing. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-10957; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.5 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 6,8 cm x breedte 6 cm x diepte 3 cm · horloge: diameter 5,5 cm · height 6.8 cm x width 6 cm x depth 3 cm · diameter 5.5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van een walvisvaarder
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-10957
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch · calendar 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.