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Source Description
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."
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Document identity
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31216
label
Watch with onyx plaques and brilliants
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object
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Source metadata
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31216
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object
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normalized
title
Watch with onyx plaques and brilliants
description
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."
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.
date
ca. 1725
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CC0
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en
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Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] Engraved on backplate: I Joly a Paris
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silver, gold, onyx, brilliants
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6229
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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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