Traveling watch

Watchmaker: Isaac Rogers

ca. 1759

Not on view

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Title: Traveling watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Isaac Rogers
Date: ca. 1759
Culture: British, London
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (with bail raised, confirmed): 3 7/8 × 3 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (9.9 × 7.8 × 4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1426
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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