Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch
Object Number:
INV.12688
Date:
1886
Medium:
Gold, other metal, porcelain, glass, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 5.1 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: obverse, center: "DM"
engraved: reverse, center: "1886"
stamped: inside obverse cover, bottom center: "V7559"
printed: watch face, near top center: A. W. Co. / WALTHAM"
stamped: inside reverse cover, center: "AW /CO / V7559 / 14K"
stam
Description:
Pocket watch in gold double-covered, closed-faced case with ribbed knob and ring stirrup at the center top; obverse is engraved with cypher "DM" at the center; reverse cover is engraved with the date "1886" at the center; white porcelain face has Roman numeral hour markings, hour and minute hands at the center, separate second time keeper at bottom center.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
