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Source Description
Charles Cabrier II was the most prominent member of the Cabrier family of watchmakers, Huguenots who fled France for London. He was apprenticed in 1726 and was a master watchmaker from 1757-1772. The pair case is made of bloodstone (green jasper flecked with red).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37222
label
Watch with Pair Case
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
37222
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Watch with Pair Case
description
Charles Cabrier II was the most prominent member of the Cabrier family of watchmakers, Huguenots who fled France for London. He was apprenticed in 1726 and was a master watchmaker from 1757-1772. The pair case is made of bloodstone (green jasper flecked with red).
provenance
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 37); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1893, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1780
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
cases
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Name] Engraved on backplate and cover: Char. Cabrier London
2300; [Stamp] W. R.
med
gold, green jasper
creator_ids
7866
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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a34c9324800eb965