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A square navy blue leather case, with initials on the top in gilt within a square gold meander line reserve. It is lined in a faded blue moire and fitted with a hinged leather flap holding a circular clock with brass bezel (rim) white face with brass Arabic numerals and enameled arms. The face and back are marked with inscriptions.
traveling clocks
timepieces
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
leather
metal
numerals
Leather
Brass
Unidentified Metal
Glass
Numbers
CLOCK, TRAVEL
Embossed on the case top is: A.W.L. Printed on the clock face is: Shreve, Crump & Low Co./8 Days/Swiss. Engraved on the back of the clock is: From/The Junior League/July 17, 1942.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Switzerland
0.875 x 4 x 4.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.716
Massachusetts (United States)
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