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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:French
Title:Watch
Date Made:18th century (late)
Type:Timekeeping
Materials:gold, glass, enamel, brass
Measurements:Overall: 2 3/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 5.6 cm x 4.1 cm x 1.9 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1958.146
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Susan D. Bliss
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
The crowned heart shaped medallion on the back of this watch with a double-portrait of a young couple in eighteenth- century dress is a memento of a relationship, memorizing love and admiration, reflected in the use of expensive materials and the exquisite craftsmanship displayed in this timepiece.

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