WATCH
Creator(s): Unknown (Watchmaker)
Currently in storage
About this object
The dial of the watch is made in chased gold and has black enamelled Roman numerals on a gold engraved ground. The crystal on the front is encircled with pearls. On the back is a miniature in enamel of various colors of a scene with a water mill. The mill is in the right ground. There are two figures in front of the mill. To the left is a landscape. The scene is surrounded by triangles of gold.
- Object name:
- WATCH
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- pearls
- Made in:
- Switzerland
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 16.21
- Class:
- TIMEPIECE
- Signature marks:
- MARK on gold rim around glass cover: losenge
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973