Watch

Watchmaker: Jacques Goullons French

Enameler case possibly enameled by Robert Vauquer, School of Blois French

ca. 1650

Not on view

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Jacques Goullons (French, recorded 1626, active Paris ca. 1640–60, died 1671)
Enameler: case possibly enameled by Robert Vauquer, School of Blois (French, Blois 1625–1670 Chambon, near Blois)
Date: ca. 1650
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1556
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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