Objekt 11
Gold enamel clock
Description
The overcase shows in chased gold a depiction of Ulysses taking leave, inside the clock is the Churchill family coat of arms, an upraised lion and in the upper left corner a red cross on a white background.
Object description
Maker: L. Leroux (movement), probably Jean-Pierre Huaud (1655-1723) (case)
London and Geneva, around 1710
Gold, silver, brass gilded, steel partly blued, enamel, glass, textile
Signatures: L. Leroux, Charing Cross London (work), Pier. Huaut pinx. Invnt (case)
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.107
Inv. 1983.1107.