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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Swiss
Title:Watch
Date Made:18th century (late)
Type:Timekeeping
Materials:gold, enamel, brass
Measurements:Overall: 1 5/8 in x 1 1/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 4.1 cm x 2.7 cm x 2.7 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1958.150
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Susan D. Bliss
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
An example of using decorative cases to hold watches, here the enamel surface is decorated with floral motifs, doves, and love’s altar, symbols of love and devotion. As a woman’s jewelry piece, the watch would attach to a chain and be worn as a pendant.

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