Watch for the Turkish Market

18th century (Early Modern)

4.2 cm 5.5 cm 2.5 cm

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The maker of this watch, who signed himself "Nikolaki," was probably of Greek ancestry and had served as an apprentice to a watchmaker from Geneva, Switzerland, who worked in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). Due to the great demand for watches in Turkey, several watchma...

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29083
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, by 1931; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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