Watch with Watch Chain with Fobs and a Key
Also known as: Watch with a Fob Chain with Cachets and a Key
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1812
Gold watch on a watch chain. The dial is enamelled. The case is plain. The gold chain consists of four chains with a slide. Suspended from it are two fobs and a key set with a white and red (?) agate.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12833; its record gives material recorded as agate (chalcedony), gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x length 22.5 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- agate (chalcedony), gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 4.2 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x length 22.5 cm diameter 4,2 cm (horloge) x diameter 4,9 cm (kast) x lengte 22,5 cm (ketting)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.2 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x length 22.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met horlogeketting met cachetten en een sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12833
- Museum classification
- wrist watch · chatelaine · jewellery
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.