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Watch with Double Case depicting Adonis and Venus

C. Halifax (Artist)
ca. 1760
gold, gilt metal, green shagrenn, glass
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This English watch was likely made for the Dutch market.

Inscription

[Inscription] On front dial: HALL LONDON; [Name, location, number] On backplate: C. Hallifax, London, 11918

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2010 Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso.
2006-2009 Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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England (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired before 1931

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.

58.37

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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