Watch with chatelaine
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Gold, enamel, half-pearls
DATES
1798–1819
DIMENSIONS
7 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (18.4 x 4.4 x 1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Inside front of watch case: inscribed “6513” around edge; “29.198” scratched around the edge. Underneath face (on part of the mechanism): inscribed “AVANCE / RETAR”. On inside back of watch case (underneath mechanism): stamped “1 2”; scratched/inscribed very lightly: “1011 J H”, 14at80”, “34264”, 291Y81”
Two illegible stamps on the front of the T-shaped watch finding. Four stamps on the back of the oval watch finding: a partially open or loosely pointing right hand, a ram’s(?) head facing left, a bull or ox head with a “P” above its head between the horns, and a rooster head with an open beak facing left.
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
64.241.19
CREDIT LINE
Anonymous gift
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1958, provenance not yet documented; by June 11, 1958, acquired by an anonymous collector of New York, NY; January 13, 1965, gift of an anonymous collector to the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Watch with chatelaine, 1798–1819. Gold, enamel, half-pearls, 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (18.4 x 4.4 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 64.241.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.241.19_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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