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Source Description
This watch is enameled gold. The back is enameled in dark blue framed with pearls. The front is decorated with a scene of two children playing with a hunting horn. The movement is French and dates from ca. 1800. The backplate is engraved "Chevalier Ecloche 5242" (?)
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
40687
label
Watch with two children with a hunting horn
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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40687
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object
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normalized
title
Watch with two children with a hunting horn
description
This watch is enameled gold. The back is enameled in dark blue framed with pearls. The front is decorated with a scene of two children playing with a hunting horn. The movement is French and dates from ca. 1800. The backplate is engraved "Chevalier Ecloche 5242" (?)
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1790
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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watches
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] On backplate: Chevalier Ecloche 5242 (?)
med
gold, enamel, pearls
creator_ids
7065
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none
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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