Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Watch, Pocket |
Catalog Number |
83.82.569 |
Collection |
Watch |
Date |
c. 1790 |
Description |
35mm full plate, fusee, verge escapement, 3-arm brass balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge with coqueret, plain top plate signed " J. H. Kuhn, Amsterdam," cylindrical pillars, key wind through dial at 1:45. White enamel dial reads, "J.H. Kuhn / Amsterdam." Roman numeral indicate hours and Arabic numbers indicate minutes. Gold beetle and poker hands. Gold single case with intricate allegorical enamel scene on back cover of a woman sitting on a lion with a golden calf, elephant, and African man in background. Marked below woman and lion "B D No. 86." |
Maker |
J. H. Kuhn |
Material |
brass, gold, enamel, glass |
Place of Origin |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Notes |
30317 2 slides in slide cabinet 1 2 additional professional shots for postcards front and back stored in cabinet 1 |