Travelling watch

Johann Georg Strasser, c. 1775

This travelling watch was made by Johann Georg Strasser, a clockmaker from Baden, Germany, who had settled in St Petersburg at the invitation of Catherine the Great. He crafted extraordinarily complex movements for the empress, and his shop was considered one of the city’s leading attractions. On the case is an ornately engraved scene of the meeting of Apollo and Amphissa.

  • Artwork typejewellery, travel clocks
  • Object numberBK-15004
  • Dimensionsdiameter 14 cm
  • Physical characteristicszilver, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Travelling watch

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-15004

  • Description

    Reishorloge, repetitiehorloge, van zilver. Op de achterbodem een gegraveerd tafereel omgeven door een rand met bloemranken en geometrische figuren.

Creation

  • Creation

    • clockmaker: Johann Georg Strasser, Sint-Petersburg
    • jeweler: anonymous, Sint-Petersburg
    • clockmaker: J.P. Strasser, Sint-Petersburg [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1775

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    zilver, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen

  • Dimensions

    diameter 14 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

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