Pair-case watch

Pair-case watch by Thomas Tompion|Nathanial Delander

Medium

Outer case: leather with gold studs; inner case and dial: gold with blued-steel hands; movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver

Dimensions

Diameter (outer case): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diameter (inner case): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.1489a, b

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