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Objekt 9

Pocket watch

Description

The case shows on a medallion in exceptionally detailed enamel work with "gold paillons" (inlaid gold plates) a girl at a birdcage, probably after a painting by Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807).

Object description

Manufacturer: Frères de Roche, signed

Geneva, early 19th century.

Copper, gold, enamel

Bequest Albert Burckhardt, Basel

Inv. 1921.204.

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