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| Keywords: Charles Peiras - Alarm Watch with Juno - Walters 5879.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork creator Charles Peiras Typical of the fancy watches produced before the era of enamel this delicately engraved oval case is embellished with the graceful figures of the goddess Juno with her peacock on the front and Diana virgin goddess of the hunt on the back The designs are copied from engravings by Étienne Delaune 1519-1583 a French goldsmith and designer who created prints as models for craftsmen unskilled in drawing figures ca 1620 Baroque gilt on brass case gilt on brass silver and iron dial gilt on brass and steel movement cm 7 1 accession number 58 79 17154 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Charles Peiras place of origin Blois Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Fob watches 16th-century watches Étienne Delaune Charles Peiras 17th-century watches Diana in jewellery | ||||
