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Watch with Enamelled Dial on Chatelaine

Also known as: Horloge met geëmailleerde wijzerplaat aan chatelaine

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1760

Watch with enamelled dial on a gold chatelaine. On the watch, a depiction of three smoking peasants. On the chain, two smokers. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-351; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.4 cm x height 5.3 cm x width 4.4 cm x depth 2 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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Physical characteristics

Material
gold (metal)
Dimensions
geheel: lengte 17 cm · diameter 4.4 cm x height 5.3 cm x width 4.4 cm x depth 2 cm · length 17 cm · horloge: diameter 4,4 cm x hoogte 5,3 cm x breedte 4,4 cm x diepte 2 cm · length 11.5 cm x width 6.3 cm · chatelaine: lengte 11,5 cm x breedte 6,3 cm
Measurements
diameter 4.4 cm x height 5.3 cm x width 4.4 cm x depth 2 cm

Identification

Original title
Horloge met geëmailleerde wijzerplaat aan chatelaine
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
BK-VBR-351
Museum classification
jewellery · chatelaine · wrist 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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