Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Watch fob
Object Number:
1928.11
Date:
ca. 1827
Medium:
Gold, chalcedony
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. ( 4.8 x 3.8 x 1 cm )
Marks:
carved: seal side of stone, across top: "DEPRESSA RESUEGO"
carved: seal side of stone, bottom of crest: "PAIS EI(?)N CRAINS RIEN"
carved: seal side of stone, beneath crest: "K(illeg.)"
carved: seal side of stone, across bottom: "NEVER DESPAIR"
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Description:
Gold watch fob with milky chalcedony seal; bail is vertically ribbed, attached to frame of rotating bezel with scrollwork design, plain bar half-frame, plain bezel; seal depicts inscribed banners across both top and bottom, palm tree set above crest set in oval in front of tilted ship's anchor on grass; opposite side is inscribed "JP / to / RD / 1827."
Gallery Label:
This watch fob with seal once belonged to John Pintard (1759-1844), founder of the New-York Historical Society and leader in many civic, educational, charitable and religious activities in New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
