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Source Description
Enameled watches from the first half of the 1600s are exceedingly rare. These watches were purchased for their cases, as show pieces; the movements inserted in them were of a lower quality and poor timekeepers even for the period.
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Document identity
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6845
label
Carrying Case and Enameled Watch with Flowers
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Source metadata
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6845
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title
Carrying Case and Enameled Watch with Flowers
description
Enameled watches from the first half of the 1600s are exceedingly rare. These watches were purchased for their cases, as show pieces; the movements inserted in them were of a lower quality and poor timekeepers even for the period.
provenance
George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1640 (Baroque)
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CC0
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en
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Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
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cases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Inner case diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] Pierre le Blonde
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gilded brass, iron, silk, and velvet carrying case; gold, glass, and basse-taille enamel case; gold and basse-taille enamel dial; partially gilded brass and steel movement
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4837
2593
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BAR
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316
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1
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photo
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021107525c940c67