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1790-1820
GUSN-2996
A Woman's pocketwatch, the ceramic face is of enamel with a painted decoration. The center dial is surrounded by a neo-classical female figure with a lyre, drapery and an urn. It is mounted on a brass plate above the gold works and encased in this thin silver case with a convex glass front.
pocket watches
ceramic (material)
enamel paint
glass (material)
gold (metal)
painting (coating)
silver (metal)
lyres
Neoclassical
urns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Silver
Unidentified Ceramic
Gold Plate
Glass
Enamel
Painted
Neoclassical
Woman
Lyre
Urn
POCKETWATCH
Stamped on the inside cover are the initials: ""CP"" (inside of a diamond)/4362 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
2.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1477
Title Watch Case Accession Number 1991.1476
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