Watch with the Liberation of Andromeda
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1765 - 1766
Pocket watch, tortoiseshell outer case, gold inner case, exceptionally beautifully embossed in high relief, depicting the liberation of Andromeda, Dutch enamel dial with gold hands, fine silver balance cock with putto, inscription: "kent uzelve", marked: Michiel de Haan, Rotterdam, no. 15. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-4748; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.1 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- horloge: diameter 4,1 cm · diameter 6 cm · kast: diameter 6 cm · diameter 4.1 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met de bevrijding van Andromeda
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-4748
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch
Catalogue references
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Research required
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