Rijksmuseum

Horloge

Date

c. 1755

Medium

sealskin, gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

Culture

Paris

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Jean Baptiste Baillon, purveyor to the French queen, was famous for his watchcases with diamond flowers. This example gives an impression of his speciality; he used various colours of gold to craft asymmetrical bouquets of flowers with hearts and petals partly made of diamonds. Baillon entrusted the goldsmith’s work to specialists, such as Dequay.

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