Watch and Chatelaine
Artist
John Gottlieb Müller
(Austrian)
Date1875-1900
MediumSilver gilt, rock crystal, enamel
DimensionsWatch: 44.5 x 31.8 x 31.8 mm
Chatelaine: 133.4 mm
Chatelaine: 133.4 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Thomas R. Proctor Watch Collection
Object numberPC. 392
DescriptionEnamelled silver gilt mounted Renaissance-style spherical rock watch and matching chatelaine; VienneseCase: Rock xtal half spheres each in bezel enhanced with floral painted enamel and hinged, pendant ring rising from rosette, chatelaine formed from enamelled oval plaque painted with classical scene of three soliders, within red enamelled frame linked to three short chains of shaped links enhanced with enamel and suspending key, fob seal and watch.
MVT: Gilt Full plate with bridge cock
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Label TextAlthough made near the end of the nineteenth century, this watch chatelaine resembles examples from the eighteenth century. Three chains hang from a waist plaque; the longer chain holds a watch and the shorter side chains attach to a key and a fob seal. The polychrome enameling is executed in tones of white and red, the same palette used on Renaissance jewelry.
