Watch of gilt copper
Also known as: Horloge van verguld koper
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Gilt copper watch with white enamelled dial with date indication. The case back is decorated with blue translucent enamel with roses in polychrome enamel. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12874; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), gilding (material); technique gild; measurements diameter 6 cm x height 8.4 cm x width 6 cm x depth 2.5 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
- copper (metal), gilding (material)
- Technique
- gild
- Dimensions
- diameter 6 cm x height 8.4 cm x width 6 cm x depth 2.5 cm · diameter 6 cm x hoogte 8,4 cm x breedte 6 cm x diepte 2,5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 6 cm x height 8.4 cm x width 6 cm x depth 2.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge van verguld koper
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12874
- Museum classification
- wrist watch · 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.