Oval Cased Verge Watch with Alarm
Artist
Cellier
(16th century)
DateLast quarter of the 16th Century
CultureFrench; Lyon
MediumGilded copper, brass, silver, iron, and steel
ClassificationDecorative Arts
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #684, Pl. LXXII), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1436.21
On View
On viewLocation
DimensionsHEIGHT: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)- Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Case Left
