Caption

Pocket watch by Daniel Schepcke fl. 1765–1775. Gold case engraved with a bouquet of flowers and a butterfly, the bouquet surrounded by leaves and flowers. White enameled dial with black Roman and Arabic numerals, openwork hands, keyhole between III and IIII, signature on the dial. Dated 1770–1775. Timepiece, height 6.5 cm, width 4.3 cm. Origin: Warsaw, Poland. Subjects/ornament: flowers, bouquets, butterflies., A round pocket watch with a gold-toned metal case showing tarnish and wear sits against a flat gray background; the watch face is white with ornate gold-colored hands and a decorative winding loop at the top, and there are small dark spots and areas of discoloration on both the face and the metal rim, with visible black Roman numeral markers and a ring of smaller black minute markings.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_108

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.6Mb (1.6Mb) / 11.6in x 11.6in / 3476 x 3476 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pocket watch Daniel Schepcke fl 1765–1775 Gold case engraved bouquet flowers butterfly bouquet surrounded leaves White enameled dial black Roman Arabic numerals openwork hands keyhole Iii Iiii signature Dated 1770–1775 Timepiece height 6.5 cm width 4.3 cm Origin Warsaw Poland Subjects ornament bouquets butterflies round pocket watch gold-toned metal case showing tarnish wear sits flat gray background watch face white ornate gold-colored hands decorative winding loop top small dark spots areas discoloration face metal rim visible black Roman numeral markers ring smaller black minute markings.