Enameled Watch with the Holy Family and Saint John

Fortin (French, 18th century) (Clockmaker)

Huaud Family (Swiss, active 17th-18th century) (Enameler)

French (Artist)

Movement, case backs: 1640-1660; Case rims: ca. 1710 (Baroque)

painted enamel, gold, and glass case; enamel, copper, and gold dial; partially gilded brass, steel, and silver movement
(Baroque Europe , 18th and 19th Centuries )

This watch is a mixture of the work of a number of different makers from France and Switzerland. The circular gold case of this watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Holy Family and St. John the Baptist. The watch strikes the hours and the half hours.

Inscription

[Signature] Huault Freres; [Inscription] Engraved on movement: Fortin a Paris.

Provenance

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

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Geographies

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

France, Blois (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 1/4 × Diam: 2 3/8 × D: 1 1/4 in. (8.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

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58.142

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