Watch

Watchmaker: Isaac Symms British

ca. 1620–25

Not on view

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Isaac Symms (British, active 1615–28)
Date: ca. 1620–25
Culture: British, London
Medium: Brass, gilded; silver; and blued steel
Dimensions: 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (5.7 × 2.9 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1474
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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