Watch

Watchmaker: Callaud

ca. 1840–60

Not on view

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Callaud (active 1825)
Date: ca. 1840–60
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
Object Number: 26.267.36
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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