- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1012
- Description
- open face silver metal pocket watch; 12-hour dial; Roman numerals; sub-second dial located at 6 o’clock; name of the brand: “BIJOU” printed in a cartouche under 12 o’clock; red, green, and blue garland of flowers painted around the hands’ screw; case recto engraved with geometric motifs; case vers…
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- Title
- Pocket Watch
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- open face silver metal pocket watch; 12-hour dial; Roman numerals; sub-second dial located at 6 o’clock; name of the brand: “BIJOU” printed in a cartouche under 12 o’clock; red, green, and blue garland of flowers painted around the hands’ screw; case recto engraved with geometric motifs; case verso engraved: surface divided in two by what looks like the ascender of a lowercase letter “b”; left half is decorated with foliage, one flower and an empty coat of arms; on the right half, a parrot is perched on the bowl of the lowercase letter “b”, depicted against a checkered background with dots; inside the bowl of the letter “b”, a house under a tall tree is drawn by a lake shore; missing stem; the case opens at the back; inscription engraved inside: “0.900” in a rectangular frame / “BIJOU” above a cartouche with two birds and a gem with radiating rays / hallmark depicting a lion standing on its hind legs / “2696” [last number partially erased]
- Subject
- Dorothy Boyce house
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Boyd for Dorothy Boyce (Estate), Banff, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1012
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