Watch with chatelaine
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Watch with chatelaine, 1798–1819. Gold, enamel, half-pearls, 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (18.4 x 4.4 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 64.241.19. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Watch with chatelaine
Date
1798–1819
Medium
Gold, enamel, half-pearls
Classification
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (18.4 x 4.4 x 1 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
Inside front of watch case: inscribed “6513” around edge; “29.198” scratched around the edge. Underneath face (on part of the mechanism): inscribed “AVANCE / RETAR”. On inside back of watch case (underneath mechanism): stamped “1 2”; scratched/inscribed very lightly: “1011 J H”, 14at80”, “34264”, 291Y81” Two illegible stamps on the front of the T-shaped watch finding. Four stamps on the back of the oval watch finding: a partially open or loosely pointing right hand, a ram’s(?) head facing left, a bull or ox head with a “P” above its head between the horns, and a rooster head with an open beak facing left.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
64.241.19
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