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Watch with Floral Decoration
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The back of the watch is set with a gold plaque, enameled grey with an applied floral design in diamonds, rubies and an emerald.
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. 9); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris
(Place of Origin)
Switzerland, Geneva (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
58.40