Chatelaine and Watch Depicting a Young Couple Interrupted by a Farmer

Description The watch is enameled with a scene of a young couple interrupted by a farmer and is signed by the enamelist Dailly. Since the 19th century, the watch has been suspended from a chatelaine decorated with country scenes in the manner of the noted rococo artist François Boucher.

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Tiffany & Co., New York, 1893, lot 28; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1893, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] On movement: Roland Pro a Paris no. 121

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1893