Nécessaire incorporating a watch (one of a pair)
Object type: Nécessaire incorporating a watch
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: John Barbot
Artist bio: British, recorded 1751–65
Artist role: Entrepreneur
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Gold, agate, rubies, diamonds, silver, wood carcass, silk velvet, mirror glass; glass, enamel, ivory, steel; movement: gilded brass, steel; enamel face
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 7/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (24 × 11.4 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, in memory of his wife, Dena Sperry Harris, 1945
Accession year: 1945