Watch in the Form of a Skull with Skeleton Hand
about 16751 5/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (3.33 x 3.81 x 4.45 cm)
J. Perron (possibly Dutch, active late 17th century), watchmaker
Creation Place:
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Medium:
Silver with steel and gilded brass
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft
Accession Number:
1932.58
Provenance
Acquired by Ivan Eduardo, 11th Comte de Gramedo, Paris. (Acquired by Jacques Seligmann, Paris); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, September 22, 1905 [1]; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [2]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [3].Notes:
[1]. The Tafts purchased 50 watches that were sold together as "The Gramedo collection." See Catalogue of the Taft Museum, 1995. [2]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [3]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.
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