Clock watch

Unknown Artist

ca. 1736–95

Clock watch by Unknown Artist

Medium

Case: partly gilded brass and black leather, fish skin, with gold studs; Dial: gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, and repeating mechanism

Dimensions

Overall (with bail up, confirmed): 2 13/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (7.1 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

Chinese

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.1447

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