Watch

Watchmaker: Denis Bordier Swiss

ca. 1650

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Denis Bordier (active Geneva, 1629–1677, d. 1708)
Date: ca. 1650
Culture: Swiss, Geneva
Medium: Silver, gilded brass, blued steel
Dimensions: Overall: 2 × 1 3/8 × 3/4 in. (5.1 × 3.5 × 1.9 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1569
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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