Title: Watch Painted with a Pastoral Scene
Object type: Watch
Date: ca. 1758–65
Culture: French and probably Swiss
Medium: Outer case of painted enamel on gold. Inner case of gold with an unidentified
maker’s mark consisting of the letters ic over b below a
coronet (incuse) on the interior and an eagle’s head, a French
guarantee mark for gold in use between 1 January 1847 and
1 July 1919 on the pendant. Dial of gold and white enamel
with black numerals; silver hands set with diamond chips.
Movement of gilt brass and steel. Movement signed (on the
back plate): Tomson/london.
Dimensions: H. of watch 6 cm, diam. of outer case 4.75 cm, diam. of inner
case 4.1 cm, diam. of back plate 3.45 cm.
Classification: Enamels
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Men, term: Women, term: Musicians