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Watch guard

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1875-1890

GUSN

GUSN-25393

Description

Brown silk ribbon w/ gold colored engraved metal fittings and hook at end. Attached note reads, "Old Time Watch Guard."

Details

Descriptive Terms

watches
metal
silk (textile)
Silk
Unidentified Metal
GUARD, WATCH

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.564

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