TOY 477419

Description: A slightly corroded and bent post-medieval lead-alloy toy watch. The object is circular and bifacially moulded in low relief. Within a wide border is a symmetrical design of four lozenges between stylised flowerheads and ring-and-dot motifs. The sides of the lozenges are concave. The inner part of the border design touches the chapter ring which is marked with the Roman hours I-XII with pellet half-hour marks. The plain dial centre is enclosed within another pellet border. The single hand with counterpoise and arrowhead pointer is at 12 o'clock. The design is repeated on the other surface broadly at a 12 o'clock die axis relationship. The object can be compared directly with a watch illustrated in Forsyth and Egan (2005, 359; ref. 12.33), classified as their Type 5, Design 22. This is dated approximately to the late 17th to early 18th century. This example has been bent slightly in profile. One face bears some concretions.

Date: 1675 - 1725

Object type: TOY

Last import: August 15, 2017