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Watch with Apollo and Minerva Striking Bells
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The appliqué figures strike the bells with their movable arms. The Swiss case encloses a French movement.
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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.
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.
Geographies
France
(Place of Origin)
Switzerland (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
58.55