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Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier Swiss
Partnership of Jean-François Bautte French
ca. 1826–31
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 803
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

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Watch
  • Maker: Watchmaker: Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826–31)
  • Maker: Partnership of Jean-François Bautte (French, 1772–1837)
  • Maker: and Jean-Gabriel Moynier (1772–1840)
  • Date: ca. 1826–31
  • Culture: Swiss, Geneva
  • Medium: Case: enameled gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel with ruby endstones
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.267.14
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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