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| Keywords: Ayme de Combe - Enamel Watch with Allegories of Peace and Victory - Walters 58139.jpg On the exterior is an idealized female figure wearing a wreath in her hair while on the inside there is a similar image of a woman in a helmet By comparison with popular paintings by Simon Vouet 1590-1649 often adapted for the decorative arts these paired figures can be identified as personifications of Peace and Victory Several examples of watches with idealized images or portraits surrounded by transparent green enamel exist One is the only surviving watch signed by Pierre Huaud the father so the others have been attributed to him as well ca 1660 Baroque gold glass and painted and basse-taille enamel case painted and basse-taille enamel dial gilt on brass steel and silver movement cm 3 3 d accession number 58 139 4274 George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1921 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 Signature Amye de Combe place of origin Geneva Switzerland Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Pocket watches Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Basse-taille enamel | ||||
