Alarm Watch with Juno

Description Typical of the fancy watches produced before the era of enamel, this delicately engraved oval case is embellished with the graceful figures of the goddess Juno with her peacock on the front and Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt, on the back. The designs are copied from engravings by Étienne Delaune (1519-1583), a French goldsmith and designer, who created prints as models for craftsmen unskilled in drawing figures.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Charles Peiras

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters