Watch, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Watch, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1907.014.14
- Description:
- Watch, pocket. Roughly gold, enamel, and steel. Jewelled gold. Hinged cover piece appearing to be missing glass from it. Dirt and tarnish on edge of cover. Tarnish on inside surface of cover. Many small rhinestones mounted on inside edge of cover. Engraved repeating abstract design on edge of cover and adjacent to outer edge of back cover. Telescoping stem of gold-tone. Small, oval, pivoting loop at top. Dial convex white enamel with black roman numerals. On outer edge of dial numbers counting by five with appropriate tick marks. Inside of that, roman numerals of I through XII. Small keyhole winding hole by roman numeral II. Minute hand dark and appears to be bent. May be some small jewels missing from front surface of minute hand. Hour hand also dark-colored and quite short, with three small rhinestone jewels mounted on it. Convex case on back of watch with abstract, symmetrical design around edge. Series of flags and floral decorations inside of that with dark-colored bow at top. All decorations raised and cast in place. Oval with bead design inside of that. Inside oval, green enamel band with design under translucent enamel. In center of that, plain, off-white, smooth stone or enamel surface. The mechanism pivots at XII location. Small lock on one side. Appears to be broken piece of concave metal screwed to inside back at a single point in center. Mechanism held between two gold-tone plates with an eggshell surface. Skeletonized cover on back plate which may have a balance wheel under it. Cover gold-tone with fancy curlycues in the cut-outs. Additional dark-colored disc on back with central hand on it. Some numbers and letters around edge. Disc slightly tarnished. Winding mechanism leads to disc with step sides and what appears-to-be edge of chain that transmits hour inside mechanism. Several levels of gears that can be seen from outside edge. "I (David Colglazier) suspect that this timepiece probably has alarm or striking feature due to the internal dial on back of works and broken metal lining inside back cover. Significant piece."
Very old gold watchcase surrounded with jewels. Belonged to Sarah Sherburne Langdon Harris Wyman. - Material:
- Metal
Gold
Enamel
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-2.3 W-1.6 D-0.8 Dia-1.6 inches Weight-2.31 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of artifacts gathered by Thomas W. Wyman (1793-1854) and his son, Robert H. Wyman (1822-1882). The artifacts were bequeathed to the Society by Florence M. Wyman (1861-1907), the widow of Thomas W. Wyman (1856-1903), the son of Robert H. Wyman.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Florence M. Wyman
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