Watch with Floral Decoration

ca. 1760

The circular case of this gold watch is enameled "en plein." The workings are engraved "J.B. Baillon a Paris, no. 3015." The hand is not original.

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Title: Watch with Floral Decoration
Creator: French
Date Created: ca. 1760
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Roles: Artist: French
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. 40); Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: watches
Medium: gold, enamel
Inscriptions: [Name, location, number] Engraved on workings: J.B. Baillon a Paris, no. 3015
Exhibitions: Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2015-2016.
Dimensions: H with stem & loop: 2 5/16 x Diam: 1 7/8 x D: 13/16 in. (5.9 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
Classification: Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
Accession Number: 58.124

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