Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Watch, Pocket |
Catalog Number |
83.82.890 |
Collection |
Watch |
Date |
c. 1740 |
Description |
37mm full plate, fusee, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with hairspring, pierced and engraved balance bridge with three bird's heads, top plate with mat finish and applied fretwork signed "Mercier," thin pierced frame pillars with two bird's heads, worm and wheel set-up regulator between barrel and pillar plate, gold champleve dial with arcaded minute track signed in center "J. Mercier a Paris, beetle and poker hands, faceted rock crystal case with gold rims, finial at bottom, pendant with loose ring |
Maker |
J. Mercier |
Place of Origin |
Paris, France |
Notes |
1700 30317 5480 13 slides in slide cabinet 1 |