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Watch in Pair Case with the Judgment of Hercules
ca. 1750-1760
The outer, pair case is embossed with a scene of Hercules standing between Wisdom and Beauty.
Manly, an immigrant to England from Augsburg, became King George III's favorite casemaker.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, October 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1919
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.213