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WATCH

Creator(s): Eppner Brothers (Watchmaker) , Unknown (Miniaturist) , Franz Krüger (After)

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

A complicated network of interlaces in relief frames the watch. The first link to either side contains a miniature that is flanked with strap work in relief. One portrait represents Emperor Nicholas I of Russia in military uniform (after a portrait by Franz Krüger), and the other shows his wife Alexandra Fedorovna wearing a kokoshnik (also based on an original portrait by Krüger). The rest of the slightly convex links are engraved with stylized motifs. Joined by a chain at the clasp is the watch key.

Object name:
WATCH
Made from:
Gold -- enamel -- glass
Made in:
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Date made:
mid 19th Century
Size:
18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
16.46
Class:
TIMEPIECE
Signature marks:
MARK 72; double-headed eagle over anchor, city mark for Odessa; A Sch in Cyrillic for unidentified assayer (active 1843-44); ET struck twice, French import mark for old works, 1864-93 [In bolt of clasp]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973