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This watch is in a round gold case, engraved and set with colored stones and an enamel plaque. The plaque depicts a genre scene of an interior with a woman and child playing with a dog. The movement is French, and the backplate is engraved "Gudin a Paris."

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Document identity
localId
33915
label
Watch with an enamel panel of a genre scene
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
33915
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Watch with an enamel panel of a genre scene
description
This watch is in a round gold case, engraved and set with colored stones and an enamel plaque. The plaque depicts a genre scene of an interior with a woman and child playing with a dog. The movement is French, and the backplate is engraved "Gudin 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. 11); Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1785-1790
rightsUri
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
[Inscription] On backplate: Gudin a Paris
med
gold, colored stones, enamel
creator_ids
6290
6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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