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Watch
1790-1799
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Painted on the reverse is an image of a young boy and girl embracing. Their love is symbolized by a dove. The edge of the panel is bordered with a row of seed pearls graduated by size.
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Details
- Title: Watch
- Creator: Chevalier et Cachet (Swiss, active late 18th century)
- Date Created: 1790-1799
- 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: Clockmaker: Chevalier et Cachet (Swiss, active late 18th century), Artist: Swiss
- Provenance: Mrs. Weil, by purchase; Rebecca Ulman Weil, by inheritance; Henrietta Lehmayer Moser, 1936, by inheritance; Liz and Peter Moser, Baltimore, 1958-1959, by gift [from his mother]; Walters Art Museum, 2006, by gift.
- Object Type: watches
- Medium: gold, enamel, pearls
- Inscriptions: [Mark] 10156; On pendant: LR; [Signature] On dial: Chevalier et Cachet
- 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: 1/4 x 2 in. (0.64 x 5.08 cm) (d. x diam.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Liz and Peter Moser, 2006
- Classification: Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
- Accession Number: 58.288
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