Gold-filled hunter case lady's pocket watch, Maker: Crown. On watch front and back engraved house perspective image with vegetable motif. Across from watch face is a cut out picture of a young man wearing a suit.
pocket watches
watches
glass (material)
WATCH, POCKET
On watch face: "CROWN"
On interior covering mechanical watch parts: "GAURANTEED/PHILADELPHIA/WATCHCASE CO./TWENTY YEARS/8107070"
On exterior of part covering mechanical parts: "CROWN WATCH/COMPANY"
On interior of back covering: "8107070" (Engraved)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1133
The Crown Watch Company (Watchmaker)
Philadelphia, PA (origin)
1 1/4 in x 3/8 in (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.90
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