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Box with Watch
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This box is octagonal in form. A watch is mounted in its top and its base is a hinged plate that opens to reveal an interior compartment.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on 1893 list, no. 33]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/22/2004 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 7/16 x W: 2 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 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.
58.240