Watch with onyx plaques and brilliants

ca. 1725 Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm) Citation Source image

This unusual watch has a circular case of silver, overlaid with gold, pierced and set with plaques of onyx and studded with brilliants. The dial is enamel. The back plate is engraved "I Joly a Paris."

Artifact

id
id
31216
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 34); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
1
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.82_Fnt_NG_1118.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.82_Fnt_NG_1118.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.82_Fnt_NG_1118.jpg
imageCount 1
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.82