Pocket watch of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Also known as: Zakhorloge Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1808
Pocket watch. On the dial: Ludovics prims Regi Bataviae. On the reverse, the Holland lion carved from ivory. Mounted in gold. The entire internal movement is made of ivory.
Note: Stated as having belonged to King Louis Napoleon. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-637; its record gives material recorded as ivory, gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.5 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ivory, gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 4.5 cm · diameter 4,5 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 4.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zakhorloge Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-637
- Museum classification
- pocket watch
Catalogue references
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Research required
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