Watch

Watchmaker: Karl Schmidt German

ca. 1600

Not on view

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Karl Schmidt (German, ca. 1590–1635/36, working 1614)
Date: ca. 1600
Culture: German
Medium: Gilt metal, silver
Dimensions: 2 x 1-1/2 in. (5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1533
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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