Watch

Watchmaker: Firm of Rey Frères

ca. 1830

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Firm of Rey Frères
Date: ca. 1830
Culture: Swiss, Geneva
Medium: Gold, silver
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
Object Number: 26.267.69
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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