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Watch Pendant Painting
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The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The decoration on the dail and back of this platinum watch recalls the jasperware plaques made by Josiah Wedgwood. The figures may depict the four seasons: summer and fall on the dial, and spring and winter on the reverse.
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Details
- Title: Watch Pendant Painting
- Creator: Marcus & Co.
- Date Created: -1/1
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Marcus & Co., Artist: Fernand Paillet (French, 1850 - 1918)
- Provenance: Mr. George Harold Edgell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Jean Walters Delano Edgell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mr. Henry Walters Edgell, Manchester, New Hampshire [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, February 9, 1986, by gift [from her husband, Mr. Henry Walters Edgell]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
- Object Type: jewelry;watches
- Medium: platinum, seed pearls, diamonds
- Inscriptions: [Inscription] On dial: France; [Signiture] On back: Paillet
- Exhibitions: Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009.
- Dimensions: H: 1 3/4 x W: 1 3/16 x D: 5/16 in. (4.45 x 3.02 x 0.79 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, 2010
- Classification: Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
- Accession Number: 58.292
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