Hippolyte Teterger Watch and Chatelaine

Source: metmuseum.org

Watchmaker: Hippolyte Téterger

                    Date:

                    ca. 1870–78

                    Culture:

                    French (Paris)

                    Medium:

                    Gold, platinum and diamonds

                    Dimensions:

                    overall: 6-1/2 x 2-3/8 in.  (16.5 x 6.0 cm); diam.  of watch:  1-1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

                    Classification:

                    Horology

                    Credit Line:

                    Gift of Cele H. and William B. Rubin, 1959

                    Accession Number:

                    59.43 a-c

                    Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

• Signature: [1]  Téterger/ 31 RUE ST AUGUSTIN/ Paris (inner back plate of watch, script and print) [2]  HIPPTE TETERGER/H.T. DÉPOSE (stamped on back of chatelaine)
  Marking: [1]  chimera (mark for gold watches and clocks imported into France, 1838-1893) [2]  small crab (mark for gold and silver imported from countries with customs conventions, 1864 to present) Location of marks: 1:  on inside of inner back plate of watch 2:  on tongue of chatelaine