Maker: Unknown
Verge watch in rock crystal cruciform case, of 17th century style.
MOVEMENT: Not named. Cruciform-shaped movement holder with pierced sides, circular hole for a movement. The whole is brazed on to the back of the dial. A late 18th century movement has been soft soldered into the movement hole, pillar plate up, and with all the furniture removed. The plates have been crudely engraved with curved lines.
DIAL: Cruciform with rounded ends, engraved with instruments of the passion. The central dial has outer 'quarter' ring (49 marks), radial Roman chapter, and an engraved centre.
CASE: Rock crystal cruciform with badly cut form. Faces not flat, faces out of line, and the corners are not sharp. Body with solid rectangular projection at pendant. Cover with round recess over dial. Frame gilt metal with castellated sides, spaces circular. Pendant made of many pierced, ill-fitting parts.
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1880
Frames
composed of
silver gilt
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 21.5 mm
Case
Height 76.5 mm
Thickness 20 mm
Width 46.25 mm
Movement, Pendant
Soldering
Braze welded
Engraving
Accession number: M/P.17-1913
Primary reference Number: 207150
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Watch" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/207150 Accessed: 2024-11-22 17:06:21
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/207150
|title=Watch
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 17:06:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-207150
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...