Verge Pendant Watch in the Form of a Tulip
Artist
Jacques Sermand
(Swiss, 1595-1651)
DateSecond quarter of the 17th Century
CultureFrench or Swiss
MediumGilded copper, rock crystal, silver, iron, and steel
ClassificationDecorative Arts
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #668, 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 numberSN1436.5
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Case Left
Collections
HEIGHT: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
