Watch

Watchmaker: Robert Smith British

ca. 1650

Not on view

Naturalistic flowers in formal arrangements similar to those engraved on the dial of this watch were introduced by models in engravings of ornament during the middle years of the seventeenth century. The form of the case was inspired by the shell of a sea urchin.

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Robert Smith (British, working 1630, Clockmakers' Company 1640, master 1650, died 1654)
Date: ca. 1650
Culture: British, London
Medium: Case and dial: silver and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1479
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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