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Watch · France, Paris (museum classification)

Enamelled watch signed Marchand, Paris

Partially verified

The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues this object under accession number 1916.357. Its listed materials are: enamelled case mounted in engraved gilded metal.

Technical facts

Accession
1916.357
Materials
Enamelled case mounted in engraved gilded metal
Dimensions
4.4 cm diameter
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Operational state
Not established by the retrieved record

Historical significance

  • The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues this object under accession number 1916.357. Its listed materials are: enamelled case mounted in engraved gilded metal.
  • The museum gives the maker only as ‘Marchand’. Several makers used that name; do not identify a particular individual without further evidence.
  • The open photograph shows a painted enamel scene and a dial with Roman hours. The date range spans the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and is not narrowed here.
  • Running condition, movement type and current gallery display are not established by the retrieved record and are not asserted here.

Photographs

Enamelled watch signed Marchand, Paris — Cleveland 1916.357
Enamelled watch signed Marchand, Paris — Cleveland 1916.357 — The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, CC0 — Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access. Cleveland Museum of Art catalogue

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.357
  2. https://openaccess-api.clevelandart.org/api/artworks/?accession_number=1916.357

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.