Enameled Watch with the Holy Family and Saint John
Movement, case backs: 1640-1660; Case rims: ca. 1710 (Baroque)
painted enamel, gold, and glass case; enamel, copper, and gold dial; partially gilded brass, steel, and silver movement
(Baroque Europe , 18th and 19th Centuries )
(Baroque Europe , 18th and 19th Centuries )
This watch is a mixture of the work of a number of different makers from France and Switzerland. The circular gold case of this watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Holy Family and St. John the Baptist. The watch strikes the hours and the half hours.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris
(Place of Origin)
Switzerland (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
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.
58.142