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Pocket watch
Jean Baptiste Baillon, c. 1755
Jean Baptiste Baillon, purveyor to the French queen, was famous for his watchcases with diamond flowers. This example gives an impression of his speciality; he used various colours of gold to craft asymmetrical bouquets of flowers with hearts and petals partly made of diamonds. Baillon entrusted the goldsmith’s work to specialists, such as Dequay.
- Artwork typejewellery, wrist watch, chatelaine
- Object numberBK-NM-11238
- Dimensionsdiameter 4.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsgoud, diamant, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen