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Title:

WATCH

Caption:

Watch. Culture: Swiss, Geneva. Dimensions: Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826-31); Partnership of Jean-François Bautte (French, 1772-1837); and Jean-Gabriel Moynier (1772-1840). Date: ca. 1826-31. This pocket watch belongs to a category of upscale souvenir watches. It features Egyptian zodiac symbols taken from a Ptolemaic sandstone bas-relief that was brought to France in 1821 from the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt.

Technique/material:

Case: enameled gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel with ruby endstones

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Maker:

Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826-31) • Partnership of Jean-François Bautte (French, 1772-1837) • and Jean-Gabriel Moynier (1772-1840)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:

4200 x 3767 px | 45.3 MB

Print size:

35.6 x 31.9 cm | 14.0 x 12.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AND JEAN-GABRIEL MOYNIER (1772-1840) • BRASS • CASE: ENAMELED GOLD; MOVEMENT: GILDED BRASS AND STEEL WITH RUBY ENDSTONES • CASES • COPPER ALLOY • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • GENEVA • GILT • GOLD • HOROLOGY • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MOVEMENTS • PARTNERSHIP OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS BAUTTE (FRENCH, 1772-1837) • RUBY • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • SWITZERLAND • TIMEPIECES • WATCHES • WATCHMAKER: FIRM OF BAUTTE ET MOYNIER (SWISS, PARTNERSHIP 1826-31)