Travelling Watch with an Allegory of Navigation, Benjamin Zoll, c. 1720 - c. 1750

Identification

Title(s)

Travelling Watch with an Allegory of Navigation
Reishorloge met lof op de zeevaart

Object type

jewellery

Object number

BK-15003

Description

Reishorloge, repetitiehorloge, van zilver. Op de achterbodem een allegorische voorstelling van de scheepvaart. Op de wand drie medaillons met figuren die de drie exacte wetenschappen symboliseren. Het bolle glas rust in een opengewerkte rand met rankornament en opalen.

Creation

Artist

clockmaker: Benjamin Zoll
jeweler: anonymous

Place

clockmaker: Danzig
jeweler: Poland

Dating

c. 1720 - c. 1750

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

diameter 13 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. 12.} from his heirs, fl. 231, 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.19161

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