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Watch Fob

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-101731

Description

This watch fob of fourteen-karat gold is decorated with a single spiral of guilloche engraving under blue enamel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fobs
watches
fourteen-carat gold
enamel (fused coating)
Fob

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1182

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.108

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