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Repeater Watch with the Judgement of Paris
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This watchcase is enameled with the Judgment of Paris, a scene in which Paris, the son of the king of Troy, is forced to choose the most beautiful of the three goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena. There are also panels of forget-me-nots.
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. 62]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 3/17/1959 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 4/5/1988 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 7/22/2004 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 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.
58.183