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Watch for the Turkish market with formal designs
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The case of this watch is gold, enameled "en plein." It was likely made for the Turkish market: the numerals on the dial are in Turkish characters. The date stamp is "U" for 1815. The maker was probably Thomas Perigal, the last of a family of well known clockmakers, under the name of the celebrated Markwick Markham who died in 1760.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.122