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.