WATCH
Creator(s): Moilliet (Watchmaker)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The watch has a white enamelled dial with a border of small diamonds. Around the sides is a design with leaves chased on the gold. On the back is a heart shaped miniature in enamel of a man and a woman in bust size. There is a crown over the center of the heart. The man is wearing the order of the Golden Fleece and both are in the dress of the period. Includes one key
- Object name:
- WATCH
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 16.19.1-2
- Class:
- TIMEPIECE
- Signature marks:
- MARK on dial and works: MOILLET a Geneve
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973