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Objekt 25

Pocket watch

Description

The fine enamel painting, additionally decorated with pearls and "gold paillons" (inlaid gold plates), depicts Erato, the Muse of Song, with her lyre.

Object description

Manufacturer: Philippe Terrot (1696-1781)

Geneva, around 1780

Gold, enamel, pearls

Gift Elisabeth Sarasin-Sauvin

Inv. 1893.288.

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