Watch

Object Name:

Watch

Object ID:

1961.015.01

Place of Origin:

Geneva, Switzerland

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Watch with box. Lady's 18-carat gold chased watch with royal blue enamel. Central, symmetrical design in gold with hexagonal pattern. Broad blue field around that. Fine, repetitive symmetrical pattern around outside edge of case cover. Same pattern repeated on back cover but with simpler central design in middle of blue enamel field. Bail plain. Stem with push-button release for cover. Stem attached at 3:00 on dial. Porcelain dial with fine black Roman numerals. Hands gold with black tips. Two-lobe design near center of hands. Hands finely pointed starting at design element. Seconds dial marked in ten-second increments with individual second ticks. Minute ticks to main dial. Inside of cover polished. Stamp on inside of cover: "WARRANTED 18", then slightly curved below it: "CARAT FINE". Below that "E. T. D." Below that nearer lower edge stamped: "66885". Two small parallel lines, then two partial beads on righthand edge of cover. Edge of case polished and rounded. A few small dents in edge. Back of case opens. Inside of back polished. Same stamp on it as on front cover. Same number stamped. Same small marks on edge of cover at right of two lines with beads. Polished central surface to dust cover. Band of engine turn design around edge of dust cover. In script on dust cover: "Patented Lever" / "15 Jewels". To left of central setting hole in script "Hands". To right of hole, "N" in script and "o" superscript, "66885". Below central hole: "James Tissot". Below that, winding hole with letters next to it in squarish-looking font: "LOCLE". Serrations around letters. Engraved lines around the two holes. Inside polished surface to dust cover. Stamped in it: "18K" / "66885". Works mechanism diameter of 1.34". Patinated steel finish on mechanism. Matte finish with variegated colors. Blued polished screws. Polished steel balance and escapement wheels. Seven bridges. Lever adjustment for balance wheel. Winding key. "FNS" engraved on balance wheel bridge. Worn velvet box for watch. Brass key with ornamental shell and broken loop on it. Worn velvet box for watch. Small seal holder of brass with small cast ornament for handle. Shell design. Loose rhinestone. Loose glass bead. Yellow ribbon attached to steel T. T a little corroded, but with some polished areas. Cloth ribbon to hold box closed. Little raised area inside box to hold watch. Some of inside fittings inside box loose. Satin cover lining with: "EDMOND & Co". / "GENEVA". Inside of box, pale blue velvet material. Note: "This watch was given in 1860's to / Lizzie Harris Stone of Keene / by her uncle, Stephen Kittredge Stone / also of Keene. She was the daughter of Lovell Harris of Harrisville, and left it at her death in 1883 to Miss Lillian Wardwell.'
Made by Edmond & Co., Geneva, c. 1860.

Material:

Metal
Enamel
Gold
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-2.3 W-1.6 D-0.5 inches Weight-1.52 oz

Provenance:

Watch was given in the 1860s to Lizzie Harris Stone of Keene, NH, by her uncle Stephen Kittredge Stone, also of Keene. She was the daughter of Lovell Harris of Harrisville, and left it at her death in 1883 to Miss Lillian Wardwell.

Credit Line:

Gift of Lillian F. Wardwell

People:

Stone, Lizzie, Stone, Stephen, Harris, Lovell, Wardwell, Lillian F. (1869-1966)