Kit, Watchmaker's Tool
- Object Name:
- Kit, Watchmaker's Tool
- Object ID:
- 1967.042.18
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Description:
- Watch repair kit. Wooden box with hinged cover and lock, leather strap handle; painted black outside, white inside. Contains watch repairing tools, brush, separate tray with five compartments, three long paper-covered boxes in bottom, and other small boxes, etc. 1878 Granite Statesman wrapped around gold leaf in pink papers and also wrapped in cloth.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Paper
Textile
Gold - Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-7.5 L-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to James Simonds (Simons), born in Alexandria, NH, c. 1847. He was a peddler, watch repairer, and itinerant worker. He worked as a farm hand for D. P. Woodbury in North Weare, NH, after 1880.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury
- Subjects:
- Watches
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