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Source Description
The outer, pair case is embossed with a scene of Hercules standing between Wisdom and Beauty. Manly, an immigrant to England from Augsburg, became King George III's favorite casemaker.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10072
label
Watch in Pair Case with the Judgment of Hercules
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object
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Source metadata
id
10072
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object
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normalized
title
Watch in Pair Case with the Judgment of Hercules
description
The outer, pair case is embossed with a scene of Hercules standing between Wisdom and Beauty. Manly, an immigrant to England from Augsburg, became King George III's favorite casemaker.
provenance
Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, October 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1750-1760
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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watches
cases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] on backplate: Jno. Ellicott
London
3078;[Signature] on case: HManley
with date letter ""O"" for 1729; and ""J.B.""
dynasty
House of Hanover
reign
George III (1760-1820)
med
gold
creator_ids
8170
8169
collection_ids
EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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