Watch with Apollo and Minerva Striking Bells

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The appliqué figures strike the bells with their movable arms. The Swiss case encloses a French movement.

Provenance Matthew P. McCullough Collection, Chicago [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, New York (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription] On escapement: Castre à Toulouse No. 1329 [Inscription] Balance cock is pierced and engraved: PHILIPPE BOREL

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Castre (French, active ca. 1810) (Clockmaker)
Swiss (Artist)

Period

ca. 1810

Medium

gold, enamel
(Timepieces, Clocks & Watches)

Accession Number

58.55

Measurements

2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)

Geographies

France (Place of Origin)
Switzerland (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View