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    Object Details

    Producer

    Cartier, French, founded 1847

    Manufacturer

    European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., French-Swiss, founded 1920

    Description

    hexagonally shaped case, with emerald and baguette diamonds set in platinum, the back rising to a pyramid and attached to a beaded onyx cord set with emeralds , coral and diamonds at interval.

    Credit Line

    Lent by Private Collection

    Date

    ca. 1925

    Accession Number

    13.2016.116

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    timepieces & measuring devices
    Exhibitions

    Object Name

    Pendant watch

    Type

    Pendant watch

    Medium

    Red and black enamel, gold, carved emeralds, sapphires, rose-cut, round, baguette, and other diamonds, platinum, emeralds, onyx, blued steel, silk (cord)

    made in

    Paris, France
    Switzerland

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Exhibitions Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45248eaea-a621-49e8-829f-8516af33cceb

    Record ID

    chndm_13.2016.116

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