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Pocket watch
Lost Art-ID
210336
Artist / Creator
Title
Pocket watch
Dating
1650-1670 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) [?] ; Enamel ; Ruby / set
Diameter
5.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 120 (Э-17134 )
Description
Case with multicoloured enamel painting on white background: Venus and Adonis, after Rubens; a butterfly with eight rubies covers the face; landscapes painted on the inside and on the face; instead of the previously usual gut string, the watch works with a silver chain and is probably one of the earliest examples in which this novelty - invented in 1650 - was used; signed: "M. Wentzel A Strasbourg".
Provenance
[...]. Currently in possession of the Hermitage St. Petersburg (Inv.No. Э-17134).
Literature / Source
Inventar 1717, fol. 6v, Nr. 16; Inventar 1764, fol. 7r, Nr. 17; Inventar 1830, fol. 4v, Nr. 74; Inventar 1858, Bd. II, Kap. I, Nr. 12; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 120
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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