This gold watch is engraved and pierced. The loose outer case is set with plaques of red agate. The backplate is engraved "P.D. Chenevix, London, 640"
Inscription
[Inscription] On backplate: P.D. Chenevix, London, 640
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.
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 32); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.