Clock-watch

German

ca. 1570

Not on view

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Title: Clock-watch
Date: ca. 1570
Culture: German
Medium: Case: gilded bronze; movement: iron
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1536
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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