Watch, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Watch, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 2008.016.10
- Creator:
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Pocket Watch. Gold. Owned by Dr. William Gilman Perry (1823-1910) of Exeter, NH. Includes watch, gold chain, gold fob with red stone, gold buttonhole bar, and key. Open-faced watch with crystal. Gold dial with Roman numerals and engraving of a mill building. Floral and scroll design on bezels. Stamped inside back cover, "F.V&C / 9617", with unidentified hallmark. Seal-type gold fob with rectangular flat-faced polished red stone. Fob is connected to a gold ring which also holds watch key. Movable buttonhole bar, joined to chain with three gold links; bar is stamped with two marks.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold
Glass
Stone - Dimensions:
- H-2.8 D-0.6 Dia-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated by Klaudia S. Shepard, wife of Henry Shepard. Belonged to Dr. William Gilman Perry (1823-1910) of Exeter, NH. Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- People:
- Shepard, Henry B., Jr. (1927-2002), Shepard, Klaudia S. (1932-2020), Perry, William Gilman (1823-1910)
- Subjects:
- Mills
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