Clock watch
Unknown Artist
ca. 1736–95
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