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Watch and Case with Japanese-Style Motifs
(18th and 19th Centuries )
During the 18th century, because the supply of Japanese lacquer was limited to that imported to Europe by the Dutch through their base in Deshima, Japan, European craftsmen introduced japanning, a type of pseudo-lacquer made with shellac.
Inscription
Provenance
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Acquired by Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov [Anatole Demidoff], 1st Prince of San Donato (1813–1870), Florence, Italy [date and mode of acquisition unknown]. Acquired by Tiffany & Co., New York, by 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] Catalogue de montres exposées chez Tiffany & Co. ayant fait partie de la collection Demidoff, Prince de San Donato (New York: Tiffany & Co., 1893), no. 13 “Montre Louis XV, fond laque. Horloger, Jno. Russet [sic], London.”
Exhibitions
| 1984 | The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979 | Chinoiserie: The Chinese Influence. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/1/2002 | Examination | examined for survey |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London
(Place of Origin)
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1893
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.
58.44