Watch

Watchmaker: Bolviller

ca. 1840

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Bolviller (active Paris)
Date: ca. 1840
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
Object Number: 26.267.43
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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