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Gold enamel clock with over case

Description

Created by Benjamin Wolverstone I or II in London, the clock with a piqué overcase on shagreen leather features a gold enamel painting with flowers on the exterior, and a view of the village of Therwil near Basel on the interior, after an engraving by Matthäus Merian (1593-1650).

Object description

Manufacturer: Benjamin Wolverstone

London, around 1650

Gold, brass gilded, steel partly blued, silver, animal sinew, enamel, glass, leather, textile

Signature: Ben. Wolverstone Londini fecit

Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.86.

Inv. 1983.1086.

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