Objekt 10
Gold enamel clock
Description
(Case)
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind-Foundation, Basel, G.49
Inv. 1983.1049.
The dial depicts Mars and Venus, the back of the case shows the birth of Venus in a shell, surrounded by tritons (sea gods).
Object description
Maker: H. van Loon (movement), Jean-Pierre Huaud (1655-1723) and Amy Huaud (1657-1724) (case)
Haarlem (NL) and Geneva, around 1690
Gold, brass gilded, steel partly blued, glass, enamel, diamond rose, copper gilded, glass, textile
Signatures: H. van Loon, Haarlem (movement), Les deux frères Huaut les jeunes (case)
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.49
Inv. 1983.1049.