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Chatelaine with watch, key, pomander
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Metal
Dimensions
11.43 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number1970.368
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionWatch with chatelaine. Case: repousse work depicting Diogenes at his barrel; inside printed label of maker: "Thomas Hayton/watch maker at Ye/ Golden Eagle in Lee Street/in Red Lyon Square/London". Probably firm of F. Haton, recorded London 1760. Chatelaine: metal cast and decorated with putti, as mermaids; French; with attachments of a key and a serpentine-rock charm with gilt mounts and enameled band inscribed: EN AMOUR TOUT PLAIST. Movement by Daniel Delander