Working History — C. 1800
Watch
Watch made of enamelled gold in the shape of a tulip. The movement is signed by Jacole, Paris, c.1800. The stem of the tulip is suspended from four rectangular linked chains attached to a rosette and a ring. The watch is contained in the base of the flower, which is enamelled in red and two shades of green to represent leaves. The upper edge is set with half pearls.
The upper part of the flower is enamelled in pink, yellow and blue and is in two hinged parts, resembling four petals. The two interior parts open to reveal the watch face. The case is probably Viennese.
Two similar watches are recorded. One was formerly in the Bassserman Jordan Collection and the other, reproduced in Meis, 1979, no 297, is signed ‘LC Wien’.
- Category:
- Working History
- Object ID:
- 34.120/3
- Object name:
- watch
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Jacole
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- Production date:
- c. 1800
- Material:
gold, enamel, pearl
- Measurements/duration:
- L 50 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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