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Source Description
The engraved gold case of this watch is set with a miniature in watercolor of a village fair scene, signed at right "B" (perhaps Louis Nicholas Van Blarenberghe, 1716-1794). The case is stamped by Pierre de Monchanin, the mechanism by Charles Filon.
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Document identity
localId
10319
label
Watch with a village scene painted on ivory
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
10319
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Watch with a village scene painted on ivory
description
The engraved gold case of this watch is set with a miniature in watercolor of a village fair scene, signed at right "B" (perhaps Louis Nicholas Van Blarenberghe, 1716-1794). The case is stamped by Pierre de Monchanin, the mechanism by Charles Filon.
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. 72); Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1770
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initial] On watercolor miniature: B; [Name] Stamped on case: by Pierre de Monchanin
med
gold, ivory, watercolor
creator_ids
3205
2893
collection_ids
EAN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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d7bccf59a91288b0