Skip to main content
The Walters Art Museum

Online Collection

Explore the Art Collection keyboard_arrow_down close
  • Explore By...
  • Category
  • Date
  • Medium
  • Creator
  • Places
  • Museum Locations
The Walters Art Museum walters-logo-white
  • Calendar
  • Art
  • Shop
  • Give Now
  • Visit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Hours
    • Directions & Parking
    • Food, Drink, & Shop
    • Free Admission
    • Tours
    • Accessibility
    • Visitor Promise
  • Experience
    • Virtual Museum
    • Exhibitions & Installations
    • Programs & Events
    • Collections
    • Buildings
    • Baltimore
  • Support
    • Support the Walters
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • Institutional Funders
    • Evening at the Walters
    • Volunteers
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Leadership
    • Strategic Plan
    • Land Acknowledgment
    • Research
    • Policies
Image for Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image Zoom
Image for Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image Zoom
Image for Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image Zoom
Image for Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image Zoom
  • arrow_forward_ios
  • arrow_forward_ios
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail
Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada Thumbnail

Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada

Victor Kullberg (1851 - 1947) (Manufacturer)
John Bliss & Co (1857 - 1957) (Manufacturer)
1898-1899
wood, brass, glass, steel, ivory, silver, gold, palladium, sapphire
(18th and 19th Centuries )

A chronometer is a navigational tool consisting of an extremely accurate timepiece that can be used to keep Greenwich Mean Time. Longitude can then be calculated by computing the difference between the chronometer's mean time and the ship's local time, measured against the position of celestial bodies.

This chronometer, used on Henry Walters' steamyacht, the Narada, was made by George P. Kullberg in London, who was famed for the precision of his manufacturers. Based on the serial number of the movement, it was made some time in 1898 or 1899 (after Henry acquired the yacht from Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr.), and finished with a dial, box and other fittings by John Bliss and Co. of New York City. The object then fit within an outer box (WAM 58.266B), that was secured to the bridge of the yacht.

Inscription

[Inscription] Ivory plaque on exterior front face: JOHN BLISS & CO. / 2925 / NEW YORK; [Inscription] On dial of chronometer: JOHN BLISS & CO. / NEW YORK / No. 2925;
[Serial number] On upper plate of movement and bottom of bowl (dust cover): 6757

Provenance
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.

Acquired by Henry Walters. Inherited (?) by Mr. Warren Delano; given to Walters Art Museum, 1988.

Exhibitions

2014-2016 From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
Examination Examined, cleaned
Treatment Examined, cleaned.
Examination Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition.
Treatment Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition.
Share
  • social-item
  • social-item
  • social-item

Geographies

United Kingdom, London (Place of Origin) USA, New York, New York (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 7 11/16 × W: 7 1/2 × D: 7 5/16 in. (19.6 × 19 × 18.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Warren Delano, 1988

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

58.266A

Do you have additional information?

Notify the curator

Related Objects

Image for Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada

Chronometer from Henry Walters' Steamyacht, the Narada

Victor Kullberg (1851 - 1947)
1890s
view details

Hours

  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

  • Visit
  • Experience
  • What's On
  • About
  • Shop
  • Support The Walters
copyright

The Walters Art Museum

  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy/Terms of Use
  • Copyright Info
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • twitter
modal close
Image for
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Tooltip description to define this term for visitors to the website.

zoom-btn zoom-btn preview-download
Image for
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Tooltip description to define this term for visitors to the website.

zoom-btn zoom-btn preview-download
Image for
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Tooltip description to define this term for visitors to the website.

zoom-btn zoom-btn preview-download
Image for
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Tooltip description to define this term for visitors to the website.

zoom-btn zoom-btn preview-download
  • arrow_forward_ios
  • arrow_forward_ios