Chain, Watch

Object Name:

Chain, Watch

Object ID:

1995.612.11

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Chain, choker or watch chain with lyre pendant. Hair, gold, brass, and metal. Hair section ~28 cm long. Thin metal bar with rounded ends at one end with ball in center. Ball connected to short chain. Chain connected to gold terminal piece of cylinder to which hair rope connected. Alternating pattern of cable twist and uniform lattice-like pattern to hair rope. One section of rope ends at central gold cylinder, 2.6 cm long. Alternating hair pattern rope continues to another gold cylindrical terminal piece. Chain connected to pivoted, locking watch ring oval connect to terminal piece. Small thumb screw at base of loop locks pivoted loop closed. Thin bands of small, curlycue engravings on gold cylindrical pieces. Small loop on side of central connecting piece. Loop connected to gold and hair Masonic symbol. 2.7 cm high gold symmetrical part. Woven, brown, round mesh of hair around edge of part. Mason divider and square symbol in center. Small truncated, stepped pyramid at base of harp. Three vertical twisted metal rods with round chips behind Mason symbol. Harp decorated on one side and very plain, but finished on back.

Material:

Tissue
Metal
Gold
Brass
Hair

Dimensions:

W-4.04 L-36.7 Dia-0.74 cm Weight-21 gr

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection