Watch Painted with a Pastoral Scene

Medium

Outer case of painted enamel on gold. Inner case of gold with an unidentified maker’s mark consisting of the letters ic over b below a coronet (incuse) on the interior and an eagle’s head, a French guarantee mark for gold in use between 1 January 1847 and 1 July 1919 on the pendant. Dial of gold and white enamel with black numerals; silver hands set with diamond chips. Movement of gilt brass and steel. Movement signed (on the back plate): Tomson/london.

Dimensions

H. of watch 6 cm, diam. of outer case 4.75 cm, diam. of inner case 4.1 cm, diam. of back plate 3.45 cm.

Classification

Enamels

Culture

French and probably Swiss

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1245

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