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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