Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Monogrammed Repeater Watch
This watch belonged to Jennie Walters Delano (born Jennie Walters, 1853-1922), the only daughter of William T. Walters and the sister of Henry Walters, who founded the Walters Art Museum. Her married initials (J.W.D.) are engraved on the case. Jennie married Warren Delano in 1876.
The watch is a minute repeater and the case is 18K gold. Nickel jeweled movement with a Swiss lever escarpment.
Inscription
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.
Henry Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jennie Walters Delano, after 1876, by gift; Mrs. Jean Walters Delano Edgell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mr. Henry Walters Edgell, Manchester, New Hampshire [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, February 9, 1986, by gift [from her husband, Mr. Henry Walters Edgell]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2006-2009 | Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Measurements
H: 2 in. (5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, 2010
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.
58.291