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Watch with Classical Deities
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Portrayed on the case made in southern Germany in about 1745 are Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees; Vertumnus, the god of changing seasons, in the guise of an old lady; and Cupid.
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. 55); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany
(Place of Origin)
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1893
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.166