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| Keywords: German - Enameled Watch with Cameos - Walters 58120 - Closed.jpg Although the earliest enamel watches came from Blois France the German city of Augsburg had long been a center of clock and watch making This is one of the earliest examples of a painted-enamel watch made in Germany It is set with eight cameos and thirteen rubies The agate cameos are contemporary not antique gems but they still advertise the patron's sophisticated taste for the antique style The inside covers depict landscapes with ancient ruins and pastoral scenes reflecting another aspect of the classicizing taste of the time between 1640 1650 gilded brass paint on enamel rubies and agate case gold and paint on enamel dial brass movement cm 5 3 5 accession number 58 120 18059 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Johann Ferdinand Mehrer World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Fob watches 17th-century watches Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
