Nécessaire incorporating a watch (one of a pair)

John Barbot

ca. 1760

Nécessaire incorporating a watch (one of a pair) by John Barbot

Medium

Gold, agate, rubies, diamonds, silver, wood carcass, silk velvet, mirror glass; glass, enamel, ivory, steel; movement: gilded brass, steel; enamel face

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 9 7/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (24 × 11.4 × 6.4 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, in memory of his wife, Dena Sperry Harris, 1945

Accession Number

45.164.1a–z

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