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Pair-case automaton watch by James Cox
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Pair-case automaton watch

James Cox · ca. 1770

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Artist

James Cox

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Outer case: gold, partly enameled and set with gemstones and paste jewels; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel, with frame set with paste jewels; Movement: with diamond endstone

Dimensions

Overall (with bail, confirmed): 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm); Overall (outer case, confirmed): 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (1.9 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm)

Classification

Horology

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Audrey Love, in memory of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1977

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