Collection Highlights
Southern Chivalry - Argument versus Club's
Date:
1856
Object Number:
PR.010.1856.4
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Pocket watch with key
Object Number:
INV.12673.19ab
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Gold, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 2 in. ( 1.3 x 3.5 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center, obverse: "RS"
printed: watch face, above hand pivot: "David J. Magnin / Geneva"
stamped: inside obverse cover: "18K / 18"
stamped: inside reverse cover: "18K / 69418"
engraved: across inside reverse, works cover: "Made by / Davi
Description:
Gold double-cover closed-face pocket watch with knob and ring stirrup in the center at the top, with key; covers on both sides have circular field of imbricated pattern at the center with scalloped border, with cannetille around the outer edge; obverse has initials "RS" in a crest at the center, surrounded with flowers; reverse has a quatrefoil at the center; white ceramic watch face has Roman numeral hour markings, hour and minute hands at the center, second time keeper at bottom center; inside reverse cover shows maker's engraved marking and jeweller's mark; watchkey with swivel ring finding at the top, circular head, straight hollow jaw..
Gallery Label:
This pocket watch belonged to Rosalie Schermerhorn. It was made in Geneva by David J. Magnin for Brown & Spaulding in New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper (Constance Schermerhorn) Skillin, 1956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
