Historic New England

Pocket Watch, Chain and Fob

Rose gold pocket watch with attached chain and ball clasp. Watch face has black Roman numerals under glass. Engraved pattern all over outside of watch with an engraving to the owner on the inside of the lid.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), gold (metal)

GUSN: 102802

Accession Number: 1990.4

Pocket Watch with Chain and Key

silver watch with an open watch face of black Roman numerals and removable glass. Back of watch is elaborately engraved with buildings, a bridge, water, and a boat. Attached is a long gold chain with a pulley and steel key, along with a hook at the end.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: M.J. Tobias & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal), movements (clockworks), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 102803

Accession Number: 1940.824

Pocket Watch and Key

Pocket watch in a removable silver case with black silk ribbon and winding key. The watch face has black Roman numerals under glass.

Date: 1763-1764

Maker: Toulmin, Samuel (Watchmaker) William, Bond (Retailer)

Material: silver (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 102804

Accession Number: 1954.164ab

Pocket Watch and Keys

Pocket watch with black Roman numerals, open-faced. Attached cord has two keys.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Wilkinson (Watchmaker)

Material: silver (metal), movements (clockworks), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 102805

Accession Number: 1919.854

Pocket Watch

A gold pocket watch with intricate engraved design of blue stars on outer case. Watch face has black Roman numerals under glass

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Roger & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102806

Accession Number: 1925.214

Pocket Watch

Gold watch with gold watch face engraved with houses, water, and a sailboat. Watch is open face with watch face under glass with black Roman numerals.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: M.J. Tobias & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), gold (metal), chasing, engraving (action), movements (clockworks)

GUSN: 102807

Accession Number: 1936.801

Pocket Watch

Silver pocket watch. Engraving on the front of buildings and a field and engraving on the back of a large ship. Watch face is under glass with a large crack in it and black Roman numerals.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Cooper 8c Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102808

Accession Number: 1922.221

Pocket Watch with Chain and Key

Gold pocket watch with chain and key. Black Roman numerals on large white face, chain is a series of small rectangles attached with a large key at the top

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Graham, J. (Watchmaker)

Material: gold (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 102809

Accession Number: 1937.297

Pocket Watch

Silver pocket watch with removable case. Face has Roman numerals with open face glass case over face. Inside of watch case has an orange paper from the watch cleaner.

Date: 1700-1720

Maker: Smoult, Thomas (Watchmaker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 102810

Accession Number: 1927.438

Pocket Watch and Watch Chain

Small gun-metal pocket watch on long chain. Watch has black numerals with gold detailing around the edge of the watch face. The back of the watch has pearl beads embedded. Chain has similar beads on larger metal beads throughout the chain.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), gunmetal (casting bronze), movements (clockworks), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 102811

Accession Number: 1969.525

Pocket Watch and Watch Chain

Large silver watch with attached chain. Engraving of a shield and flower-like design on outside of case, watch face is white with black Roman numerals. Attached chain with rectangles and circles attached to one another.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Perret & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102812

Accession Number: 1934.1853

Pocket Watch and Key

Gold pocket watch with black cord watch chain and key. Watch face has Roman numerals and second-hand numerals and an intricate hour hand. The watch case opens with a glass front.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102813

Accession Number: 1931.1934

Pocket Watch

silver pocket watch with white watch face with black Roman numerals under glass. Shield like engraving on the back of the case.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Illinois Watch Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), movements (clockworks), enameling

GUSN: 102814

Accession Number: 1932.2234

Watch Case, Key and Glass

Metal watch case finished with black enamel. Case is empty and rusting on the inside. Glass watch face with metal border and silver watch key.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), tin (metal)

GUSN: 102815

Accession Number: 1932.2293a-c

Pocket Watch and Watch Chain

Plain pocket watch. White face under glass with black numerals. Thick gold chain attached with a clasp at the top.

Date: 1898-1912

Maker: New England Watch Company (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), movements (clockworks), metal

GUSN: 102816

Accession Number: 1918.1246

Pocket Watch

Metal pocket watch with a yellow face with black numerals. The face has a picture of an airplane and text "New York to Paris airplane Model" and the back of the watch is engraved with a drawing of a plane flying over the water with "New York to Paris" written on the wings and the New York skyline in...

Date: ca. 1927

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102817

Accession Number: 2007.15.188

Pocket Watch with Watch Chain and Fob

Gold pocket watch with intricate gold watch face under glass with Roman numerals. Under watch hands is a floral like pattern, along with around the border of the face. Outer edges of watch have the same pattern. A gold chain is attached to the watch along with a key with a large stone attached to th...

Date: 1830-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102818

Accession Number: 1925.212

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch with glass over watch face. Watch face has Roman numerals with an engraving behind watch hands of a house, water, and a boat. Back of watch is engraved with a design and a picture of a church alongside water and a tree in the forefront. Inside back of watch has an engraving of a ho...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Berthoud and Adams (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), gold (metal), chasing, engraving (action), movements (clockworks)

GUSN: 102819

Accession Number: 1926.128

Pocket Watch

Silver pocket watch with a white face under glass with Roman numerals. Watch opens in the back and is engraved with the name J.F. Sheridan

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102820

Accession Number: 1930.1299

Pocket Watch and Key

Gold pocket watch with gold dial, a typical Swiss watch. Watch face has engravings of grapes and grape leaves. A cord attached to the watch has a silver key attached.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Brandt, Edouard Favre (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102821

Accession Number: 1929.885

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch. Watch face under glass with Roman numerals. Intricate engraving along border and a small shield on the back of the watch.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: M.I. Tobias & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102822

Accession Number: 1925.213

Pocket Watch

Pocket watch with removable glass cover. White watch face has royal blue Roman numerals with three separate dials for day, date, and seconds. The second dial has a small picture of a house in the forest with a face looking out behind.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal), movements (clockworks), enameling

GUSN: 102823

Accession Number: 2007.15.189

Stickpin

Gold stickpin decorated with a bezel-set green oval cabachon stone (possibly jade or jadeite).

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), jade (rock), jadeite

GUSN: 102924

Accession Number: 2006.44.391

Stickpin

Gold stickpin set with an oval opal.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102925

Accession Number: 2006.44.392

Stickpin

Stickpin with oval head set with a faceted blue glass stone surrounded by an engraved border.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102926

Accession Number: 2006.44.393

Charm

Gold heart shaped charm with profile portrait of woman on interior left frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 102927

Accession Number: 2006.44.394

Buckle

Sterling silver oval buckle with a link chain frame.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 102928

Accession Number: 2006.44.395

Bead

Carved wood bead with painted blue, green and grey swirling designs.

Date: 1870-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, pigment

GUSN: 102929

Accession Number: 2006.44.396

Set of Buttons

Eight bronze buttons set with faceted steel beads in swirling design.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 102930

Accession Number: 2006.44.397a-g

Brooch

Pewter red cross pin with a beaver.

Date: 1933

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102931

Accession Number: 2006.44.398

Necklace

Black bead necklace with six red beads and a green tassel.

Date: 1870-1925

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102932

Accession Number: 2006.44.399

Studs

Set of three pearl shirt studs with bar fasteners in original Priscilla Pearls box.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Priscilla Pearls (Retailer)

GUSN: 102933

Accession Number: 2006.44.400a-c

Jabot

This arrow shaped brooch, also called a lace or scarf pin, was cast and set with pastes. The brooch fastens by screwing the arrow head onto the shaft. It is unmarked.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: white metal, glass (material)

GUSN: 102934

Accession Number: 2006.44.401

Set of Cuff links and Studs

Set of fourteen karat gold and mother of pearl cuff links and matching shirt studs.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102935

Accession Number: 2006.44.402a-e

Pair of Cuff Links

Pair of gold cuff links set with pink stones.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102936

Accession Number: 2006.44.403ab

Pair of Cuff Links

Pair of oval sterling silver and enameled cuff links with the royal Hawaiian coat of arms on a white background.

Date: 1907-1917

Maker: H. Culman (Jeweler)

GUSN: 102937

Accession Number: 2006.44.404ab

Belt

Blue velvet and fabric belt with plastic belt buckle in the shape of two yellow daisies with blue centers.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: solid velvet, cellulosic

GUSN: 102938

Accession Number: 2006.44.405

Belt

Green, blue, pink, white, and purple floral patterned fabric belt with leather buckle and green and blue plastic buckle attachments.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 102939

Accession Number: 2006.44.406

Belt

Flexible gold colored metal belt linked with smooth gold buckle.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: Forstner Chain Corporation

Material: metal

GUSN: 102940

Accession Number: 2006.44.407

Belt

Cloth cord ribbed belt with metallic gold thread and triangular shaped red plastic buckle.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102941

Accession Number: 2006.44.408

Pocket Watch and Stand

14K gold Waltham pocket watch with white porcelain face. Numerals for hours are painted in black, seconds are painted in red. Attached watch chain. Watch hangs from a brass crescent shaped watch stand.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: American Waltham Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102942

Accession Number: 2006.44.409.1-.2