Watch
John Midnall
probably ca. 1620–30 · Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
John Midnall was one of the first assistants in the London Clockmakers’ Company, chartered in 1631. The case was probably given its floral decoration about the middle of the seventeenth century.
- Artist
- John Midnall
- Date
- probably ca. 1620–30
- Medium
- Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
