Design for a Chatelaine with Watch

1880

Medium: Brush and gouache, gum varnish, graphite on buff-colored laid paper
Genre: Jewelry
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Design for a diamond-encrusted golden watch hanging from a heavy golden brooch (chatelaine). Ornamented in neo-Renaissance style with pearls and rubies, this stunning jewel features a golden hour-glass and a figure of Father Time holding a scythe. Winged female sea creatures support the brooch and watch case.