Gold Watch with Red Agate Plaques with Case
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This gold watch is engraved and pierced. The loose outer case is set with plaques of red agate. The backplate is engraved "P.D. Chenevix, London, 640"
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 32); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
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.
58.89