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Carrying Case and Enameled Watch with Flowers

Pierre le Blonde (Clockmaker)
Attributed to Henri Toutin (French, 1614-after 1683) (Artist)
ca. 1640 (Baroque)
gilded brass, iron, silk, and velvet carrying case; gold, glass, and basse-taille enamel case; gold and basse-taille enamel dial; partially gilded brass and steel movement
(Baroque Europe )

Enameled watches from the first half of the 1600s are exceedingly rare. These watches were purchased for their cases, as show pieces; the movements inserted in them were of a lower quality and poor timekeepers even for the period.

Inscription

[Signed] Pierre le Blonde

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1999-2000 Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

France, Blois (Place of Origin) France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Inner case diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

58.118

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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