Pocket watch with repoussé scene of Minerva
Also known as: Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van Minerva
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1763
Gilt-silver watch. Dial chased and signed: Miller London. Movement on the plate signed: Tho:s Miller, London 1224. Repoussé gilt-silver outer case depicting a visit of Minerva to two elderly people.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12818; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique gild; measurements diameter 4.3 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
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild
- Dimensions
- height 6.5 cm x width 5 cm x depth 2.6 cm · hoogte 6,5 cm x breedte 5 cm x diepte 2,6 cm · diameter 4.3 cm · horloge: diameter 4,3 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 4.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge met gedreven voorstelling van Minerva
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12818
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch
Catalogue references
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Research required
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