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Pocket Watch

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-101730

Description

This eighteen-karat gold pocket watch with a hunter case has its hours marked by Roman numerals. The case is embellished with guilloche engraving.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket watches
watches
eighteen-carat gold
engraving (action)
Watch, Pocket

Inscription

"18K" (stamped)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1181

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

1 11/16 x 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.109

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