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Pocket Watch and Stand

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1900-1920

GUSN

GUSN-102942

Description

14K gold Waltham pocket watch with white porcelain face. Numerals for hours are painted in black, seconds are painted in red. Attached watch chain. Watch hangs from a brass crescent shaped watch stand.

Details

Descriptive Terms

watches
glass (material)
Watch
Watch, Pocket
Watch, Pocket

Inscription

Watch face: "WALTHAM"
On watch backing: "KEYSTONE/ 14 K/4592598" (Printed and engraved)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

2395

Maker

American Waltham Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

2 x 7/16 (HxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.409.1-.2

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