Watch
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
- 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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1826–31
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