Watch with Chatelaine
Also known as: Watch with a Chatelaine
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1838 - c. 1846
Gold watch with chatelaine. The hands are set with brilliant-cut diamonds. The front and back are decorated with translucent enamel on an engraved ground. The chatelaine consists of 3 chains incorporating an enamelled medallion.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11979; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), diamond (mineral); measurements diameter 5.9 cm x length 16 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), diamond (mineral)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.9 cm x length 16 cm · diameter 5,9 cm (horloge) x lengte 16 cm (chatelaine)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.9 cm x length 16 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met chatelaine
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11979
- Museum classification
- jewellery · chatelaine · 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.