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Source Description
Alexandre Le Faucher, the maker of this watch, was appointed "horloger" or clockmaker to Louis XV, the King of France, in 1746, just a few years before he created this timepiece.
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Document identity
localId
39881
label
Watch with Floral Decoration
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
39881
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Watch with Floral Decoration
description
Alexandre Le Faucher, the maker of this watch, was appointed "horloger" or clockmaker to Louis XV, the King of France, in 1746, just a few years before he created this timepiece.
provenance
Acquired by Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov [Anatole Demidoff], 1st Prince of San Donato (1813–1870), Florence, Italy [date and mode of acquisition unknown]. Acquired by Tiffany & Co., New York, by 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Catalogue de montres exposées chez Tiffany & Co. ayant fait partie de la collection Demidoff, Prince de San Donato (New York: Tiffany & Co., 1893), no. 2 “Montre Louis XV, fond or fleurs émail. Horloger, Lefaucheur, H’ger. du Roy à Paris.”
date
1750-1751
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
watchcases
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.4
height
4.6
depth
2.2
dimensionsRaw
H with stem & loop: 2 1/2 × Diam: 1 13/16 × D: 7/8 in. (6.4 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Watch maker’s mark] engraved on backplate: LeFauchuer A Paris / N 1025 hogr. du Roy; [Case maker’s mark] stamped on inner edge of bezel: FG; [Case maker’s mark] stamped on interior back of case: FG [surmounted by a six-petal florette or pinion]; [French discharge hallmark] stamped on interior back of case: [stag's head] [discharge mark of Julien Berthe
the sous-fermier 1750–1756]; [French year hallmark]: stamped on interior back of case: K [surmounted by a crown] [for 1750–1751]; engraved on regulator: Avance / Retarde; scratched on the inner edge of the bezel: 237 M 134CL; scratched on interior back of case: 3826 / 12141 / S/C 204/2 / Sc 202 / HM36 / 97446
med
gold, enamel, steel, copper alloy, silver, gilding
creator_ids
1984
15464
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
3334
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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no