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Watch: PW.78-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

White enamel dial with polychrome painting.

DIAL: White enamel dial on copper, three feet (drilled). Central time dial surrounded by polychrome painting of wmoan at left hand side kneeling towards the dial, on right hand side an urn on column, under the time dial is ground level. Time dial inside circle, short line minute mark circle with broad 5 min. lines, vertical Arabic chapters. Winding hole on edge of time dial at about 1.30.

Notes

History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1790

Components of the work

Dial composed of enamel copper Diameter 47 mm
Time Dial Diameter 15 mm

Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.78-1923
Primary reference Number: 207512
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 6 January 2016 Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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