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Pocket Watch

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-102099

Description

White face pocket watch with railroad front piece and cherub with leafy decorations on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket watches
watches
glass (material)
WATCH, POCKET

Inscription

On top of watch turn piece: "PAT / JAN / 27 80"
On watch face: "RAILROAD / TIME." (stamped and printed)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1550

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

1 3/4 in x 9/16 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.284

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