Watch, Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826–31), ca. 1826–31, Swiss, Geneva, Case: enameled gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel with ruby endstones, Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Horology, Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826–31), This pocket watch belongs to a category of upscale souvenir watches. It features Egyptian zodiac symbols taken from a Ptolemaic sandstone bas-relief that was brought to France in 1821 from the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt
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Watch, Watchmaker, Firm, Bautte et Moynier, Swiss, partnership 1826–31, ca, 1826–31, Geneva, Case, enameled gold, Movement, gilded brass, steel, ruby endstones, Diameter, 1 11/16, 4.3 cm, Horology, Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte, partnership, pocket, watch, belongs, category, upscale souvenir, watches, features Egyptian, zodiac, symbols, Ptolemaic sandstone, bas-relief, France, 1821, Temple, Hathor, Dendera, Egypt
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