Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch
Object Number:
1920.10
Date:
1730-1790
Medium:
Gold, glass, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1/8 x 2 in. ( 5.4 x 0.3 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
engraving: on movement: "James Chater/ London/ N° 9359"
hallmarks: on inside of back of casing: illegible mark/ lion passant "D P"/ leopard's head
Description:
Gold pocket watch with convex crystal facing; white enamel dial with arabic numeral hours and minute markings; hour and minute hands; flat circular pendant knob with steel spokes projecting on either side.
Gallery Label:
This watch belonged to Judge Leffert Lefferts (1727-1804) of Brooklyn, who sat at the court martial of Major John André (1750-1780). The donor is his great-great nephew.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles M. Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
