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Watchmaker: Firm of Moricand & Degrange

ca. 1835

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 554

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Provenance

Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Firm of Moricand & Degrange (recorded 1828–35)
Date: ca. 1835
Culture: Swiss, Geneva
Medium: Case of gold and enamel, with floral design; jeweled movement, with cylinder escapement
Dimensions: Height: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm); Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
Object Number: 26.267.7
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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