Nécessaire incorporating a watch (one of a pair)
John Barbot
ca. 1760
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