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Source Description
The case is embossed with a scene of Alexander the Great with his wife Roxane, daughter of Oxyartes, the Bactrian.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8596
label
Watch in Pair Case
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
8596
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Watch in Pair Case
description
The case is embossed with a scene of Alexander the Great with his wife Roxane, daughter of Oxyartes, the Bactrian.
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. 82); Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1770
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
watchcases
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Backplate engraved: Wm. Grantham
London 12019;[Stamp] On case: P (for 1770); [Initials] I. W.
med
gold
creator_ids
16139
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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16119a700ce18542