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Watch case and chatelaine
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This gold watch hangs on a 5 inch chatelaine. It is likely German-made for the English market. The case is gold, engraved and set with plaques of green jasper. Inside is stamped "A.G." The backplate is engraved "Bond, London."
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Provenance
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Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 3); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L of chatelaine: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); Diam of watch: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 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.
58.83