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Watch with two children with a hunting horn
ca. 1790
gold, enamel, pearls
This watch is enameled gold. The back is enameled in dark blue framed with pearls. The front is decorated with a scene of two children playing with a hunting horn. The movement is French and dates from ca. 1800. The backplate is engraved "Chevalier Ecloche 5242" (?)
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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
German (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
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.
58.105