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Source Description
This English watch was likely made for the Dutch market.
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Document identity
localId
31897
label
Watch with Double Case depicting Adonis and Venus
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obj
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citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
31897
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Watch with Double Case depicting Adonis and Venus
description
This English watch was likely made for the Dutch market.
provenance
William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1739
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
cases
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Maker’s mark] engraved on dial of watch: HALLI / LONDON; [Maker’s mark] engraved on back plate of watch: C Hallifax / London 11918; [Case maker’s mark?] engraved on interior back of watch case: IW; [English Hallmarks] stamped on interior back of watch case: [lion passant] [English metal fineness mark] / [crowned leopard head] [London assay mark] / d [year mark for 1739]; scratched onto inside of bezel of the inner pair case: 712
med
gold, gilt metal, green shagreen, glass
creator_ids
4958
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1954
2227
Page inventory
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