Case, Watch
- Object Name:
- Case, Watch
- Object ID:
- 1973.003.011
- Description:
- Watch case for pocket watch. Silver-like alloy. Bezel plain and smooth surface all around to back. Fine lines between bezel and body and body and back. Oval bail connected to stem and serrated winding and adjusting knob. On back of case engraving of early steam locomotive in three-quarter view. Track and ties on ground on front. Some vegetation on ground. For engine, two small wheels at front, two large and one small drive wheels. Tender with two trucks of two wheels. Signal on post at right side. Three abstract mountains in rear. Some smoke billowing from stack. Several concentric, small, engine-turning designs on inside of back of case. Stamp in center "PHILADELPHIA". "WATCH CASE CO." Little buckle in edge at right side as if band around outside was belt. In center stamp crown with small orb with cross on it. Below that, in straight ribbon: "SIVERODE". Below that: "629882".
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-2.75 W-2 D-0.4 inches Weight-1.183 oz
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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