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Watch

ca. 1775-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

Watch, with gold case engraved and set with colourless, transparent stones. Later white enamel dial.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Object type
Watch
Materials and techniques
Gold with colourless, transparent stones.
Brief description
Watch, gold case engraved and set with colourless, transparent stones, France, ca. 1775-80
Physical description
Watch, with gold case engraved and set with colourless, transparent stones. Later white enamel dial.
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' J.L.Reynaud & Compe a Ferney/ 3357' (Engraved on top plate)
  • 'GA' below a fleur-de-lis (Case stamped with maker's mark)
  • Two marks struck on pendant: one is a foot, the other uncertain. (The foot mark is similar to a décharge mark used in Paris for gold and silver work coming from abroad, 1774-80 (see references).)
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subject depicted
Fleurs-De-Lis
Associated object
M.268-1975 (Object)
Bibliographic reference
Michèle Bimbenet-Privat and Gabriel de Fontaines, La Datation de l'orfèvrerie parisienne sous l'ancien régime, Paris, 1995
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.152-1975

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Record createdJuly 28, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O114608/watch-unknown/
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