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Objekt 9

Copper enamel clock

Description

The white enameled dial of this clock shows a landscape in the center. The back of the case shows a family scene with three children and a woman giving breast to one of the children. Mountains can be seen through a window in the background.

Object description

Manufacturer: Jean Chais (1677-1726) (movement), attributed to Jean Mussard V (1681-1754) (enamel painting)

Geneva, around 1700

Brass gilded, silver, steel partly blued, enamel, glass

Signature of the work: Jean Chais

Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.48

Inv. 1983.1048.

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