Lyre-shaped Watch, Breguet & Fils, c. 1820 - c. 1830

Identification

Title(s)

Lyre-shaped Watch
Horloge in de vorm van een lier

Object type

Object number

BK-15049

Description

Horloge van goud en email in de vorm van een harp. Versierd met gouden lijnen en rozetten. De voet van de harp is een cachet met een amor.

Creation

Artist

clockmaker: Breguet & Fils
jeweler: anonymous

Place

clockmaker: Paris
jeweler: Switzerland (possibly)

Dating

c. 1820 - c. 1830

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 6 cm

Subject

What

lyre, cithara, psaltery

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Maurits Elzas collection, Arnhem

Acquisition

bequest 1937

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, collection J.G. de Groot Jamin (1842-1920) et al. [section anonymous], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 12 (14) December 1922 sqq., no. 1353 - 1390, fl. 135, to Maurits Elzas (1868-1937), Arnhem, 1922;{NHA, RBK, INV, inv. 1215, no. 63.} by whom bequeathed with 106 other watches, as part of the 'Maurits Elzas Collection', to the museum, 1937

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

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