Watch with a Chased Scene of the Wedding at Cana
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1783 - c. 1785
Round pocket watch with engraved and chased gold case and embossed gold outer case. The latter decorated with the depiction of the Wedding at Cana. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12514; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique ciselure; 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- ciselure
- Dimensions
- diameter 5,5 cm · diameter 5.5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van de bruiloft te Kana
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12514
- 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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