Watch

Watchmaker: John Ellicott British

ca. 1760

Not on view

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: John Ellicott (British, 1706–1772)
Date: ca. 1760
Culture: British, London
Medium: Pinchbeck, tortoiseshell, enamel
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1462a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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