Pocket watch

Lurasco, Frères, c. 1790 - c. 1810

At the end of the 18th century Geneva was home to a thriving industry in small gold objects, decorated in polychrome enamel. Watchcases were exported throughout Europe and then fitted with movements by local clockmakers, who signed the dials. The Lurasco brothers were no exception; they sold mantel clocks, barometers, thermometers and gold pocket watches in Amsterdam from 1795.

  • Artwork typejewellery, pocket watch
  • Object numberBK-15011
  • Dimensionsdiameter 5.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgoud, email, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pocket watch

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-15011

  • Description

    Gouden horloge met geëmailleerd tafereel, voorstellende een meisje met blauwe sjerp, een korf houdend, waarin twee vogels, terwijl een poes tegen haar opklimt, op een achtergrond van blauw translucide email. De wit geëmailleerde wijzerplaat met Roemeinse uur- en Arabische minuut-cijfers op de kwartieren is gemerkt: Frès. Lurasco à Amsterdam. De platine is eveneens getekend en tevens genummerd 5752. De kloof wordt door letters gevormd.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature: ‘Fres. Lurasco à Amsterdam’
    • inscription: ‘5752’

Creation

  • Creation

    • winkelbedrijf: Lurasco, Frères, Amsterdam
    • clockmaker: anonymous, Switzerland
    • clockmaker: anonymous, Genève

  • Dating

    c. 1790 - c. 1810

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    goud, email, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen

  • Dimensions

    diameter 5.3 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Maurits Elzas collection, Arnhem

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1937

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Van Balveren, possibly Walraven Elias Johan baron van Balveren (1858-1920), Arnhem;{NHA, RBK, INV, inv. 1215, no. 20.} from his heirs, fl. 220, to Maurits Elzas (1868-1937), Arnhem, 1921;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed with 106 other watches, as part of the 'Maurits Elzas Collection', to the museum, 1937

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