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Pocket Watch with Fob and Original Box

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-101656

Description

Eighteen karat gold and black enamel lady's pocket watch set with stones and matching bow-shaped fob with pin fasterner. Original monogrammed case.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket watches
watches
eighteen-carat gold
enamel (fused coating)
paste (glass)
Watch
Watch, Pocket
Watch, Pocket

Inscription

Box lid: "A.P.W."
Box inside:"B.HAAS-(illegible) &C-(illegible)/ BREVETE S.G.D.G./ QUAI DU MONT BLANC 5./ GENEVE/ MAISON A PARIS/ 104. Boulevard de Sebastopol 104/ BESANCON/ GRANDE RUE"
On clock exterior:"A.P.W."
On interior of clock backing:"MON B. HAAS JEUNE/ GENEVER_PARIS"
On opposite interior of watch backing: "18K/ 20802" (stamped, embossed, engraved, monogram)

Associated Person

Phillips, Anna Pingree Wheatland, 1870-1938

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1107
J089

People and Organizations

B. Haas Jeune

Phillips, Anna Pingree Wheatland, 1870-1938

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Geneve, Paris (retailer and/or manufacturer)

Dimensions

1 5/16 x 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.36A-C

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