IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201811
accession number:	M.6-1947

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 9 June 2015
updated:	Wednesday 28 March 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Enamelled watch case back.  

CASE BACK: Unused polychrome enamelled watch case back. Back of watch case, copper base with counter enamel, holes for pendant, case opening and spring rivet. Back with polychrome enamel, painted with a subject taken from the painting "The Governess" by J. B. S. Chardin 1739. 
The spring hole has been blocked up and some attempt has been made to colour it to blend in with the picture
title:	watch

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bought by the Friends from S. Wyburg, London


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201811





TECHNIQUES
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enamelling

CATEGORIES
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category: watches

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1750
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1750
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 13

dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 46