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Source Description
This watch has a circular gold case, engraved and inlaid with colored golds. The back cover is set with a medallion in colored enamel; the hands of the watch are set with brilliants. The watch is dated with the letter "C" for 1766. The white enamel dial is inscribed "Bertoud a Paris."
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Document identity
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665
label
Watch with oval medallion of a boy and girl playing with a dog
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object
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1
Source metadata
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665
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object
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normalized
title
Watch with oval medallion of a boy and girl playing with a dog
description
This watch has a circular gold case, engraved and inlaid with colored golds. The back cover is set with a medallion in colored enamel; the hands of the watch are set with brilliants. The watch is dated with the letter "C" for 1766. The white enamel dial is inscribed "Bertoud 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. 67); Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1766
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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: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] On dial: Bertoud a Paris
med
gold, colored enamel, brilliants
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6229
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EAN
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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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1817127a08ff2c86