Creative Commons License
Watch with a painted enamel scene of putti and a child in a landscape
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This watch has a gold circular case set with a plaque of painted enamel. The beautiful skeletonized movement of the watch would have been a selling point in its day. The dial is not original; it dates from the 19th century. The case shows putti and a child with geographical instruments.
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, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
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.
58.126