Swiss Butterfly Brooch

An artful brooch, only from The Met.

A splendid Swiss watch in the form of a butterfly (ca. 1840–50) is reimagined as an artful brooch. The Museum’s 19th-century treasure is one of many luxurious timepieces in The Met’s European Sculpture and Decorative Arts galleries, which exhibit the development of Western European art forms—including furniture, jewelry, tapestries, and ceramics—from the early 15th through the early 20th centuries.

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