Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch and key in case
Object Number:
1947.448a-c
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver, glass, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (case): 1 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 3.8 x 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
overall (key): 1 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 4.8 x 2.2 x 0
Description:
N-YHS Museum Collection
Silver pocket watch with double-covered, open-faced case, with key, in case; case has glass face cover and long cylindrical pendant, flat round pendant knob and stirrup bow; white ceramic face with arabic numeral hours and minute markings; hour hand and clover minute hand; foliate balance cock; engraved silver regulator; maker's marks on inside of back casing; gold plated watch key with foliate ring at top; head in the shape of a stringed lyre with foliate decorations; straight jaw.
Gallery Label:
This pocket watch was donated by a direct descendant of Jan Jansen Bleecker (1642-1732), an early mayor of Albany who arrived in 1658, and is said to have belonged to him. However, the stylistic features of the pocket watch suggest that it was made in the late eighteenth century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Russell V. Bleecker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
