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Traveling watch with alarm

Watchmaker: Auguste Bretoneau
ca. 1650
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Traveling watch with alarm
  • Maker: Watchmaker: Auguste Bretoneau (master 1638–43)
  • Date: ca. 1650
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Silver, enamel, gilt
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.1628
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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