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Watch with Double Case depicting Adonis and Venus

C. Halifax (Artist)
1739
gold, gilt metal, green shagreen, glass
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This English watch was likely made for the Dutch market.

Inscription

[Maker’s mark] engraved on dial of watch: HALLI / LONDON; [Maker’s mark] engraved on back plate of watch: C Hallifax / London 11918; [Case maker’s mark?] engraved on interior back of watch case: IW; [English Hallmarks] stamped on interior back of watch case: [lion passant] [English metal fineness mark] / [crowned leopard head] [London assay mark] / d [year mark for 1739]; scratched onto inside of bezel of the inner pair case: 712

Provenance
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William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Exhibitions

2010 Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso.
2006-2009 Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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England (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired before 1931

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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58.37

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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