Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch
Object Number:
1933.45
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Gold, glass, enamel, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (6.4 x 1 x 4.4 cm)
Marks:
engraving: casing: "G & R 2974 K 18/ 51491"
engraving: on movement casing: "DETENT SPRING ESCAPEMENT/ 15 JEWELS/ CHRONOMETER/ Breguet's Spair Spring/ Hands N31401/ Breting Frères/ AU/ LOCLE/ EN SUISSE/ COMSATION BALANCE"
Description:
Gold pocket watch with steel bow; gold casing with round pendant knob; glass watch face; white enamel dial with roman numeral hours and minute markings; steel moon hour and minute hands; second aperture at VI with arabic numeral seconds and second hand; engraved movement.
Gallery Label:
This pocket watch belonged to Hudson River landscape painter Asher B. Durand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
