Historic New England

Wristwatch

Gold wristwatch with a 8 chains studded with semi precious stones. Roman numerals on watch face.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Frodsham (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102776

Accession Number: 1990.3

Small gold watch with attached gold expandable (zig zag) chain. White face; intricate gold watch hands; black numbers; gold stars, and points. The watch is engraved with initials on the back and is then closed by a gold cover.

Date: 1885-1921

Maker: American Waltham Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: metal, glass (material), ceramic (material)

GUSN: 102777

Accession Number: 2004.1.10

Pocket Watch

Large, plain face watch in silver case. Back of watch is engraved and glass front opens.

Date: 1839-1840

Maker: Taylor, T.L. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102778

Accession Number: 1943.455

Pocket Watch

gold watch in plain case, Roman numerals. Intricately designed watch hands, decorations around the edge of the watch.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102779

Accession Number: 1943.2

Pocket Watch

gold watch with plain case. Opens on both sides. Watch face is under glass with Roman numerals.

Date: 1870-1909

Maker: E. Howard & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102780

Accession Number: 1940.823

Pocket Watch

Pocket watch with glass over the watch face. Roman numerals are slightly raised on the watch face and a large sunburst is painted in the middle of the face at the junction of the watch hands.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102781

Accession Number: 1921.329

Pocket Watch

Silver pocket watch with large white face under glass. Crack in face across the 10 o'clock hour. Glass opens up, and underneath watch face is a drawing of a flower bouquet. String attached for hanging.

Date: 1829-1838

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102782

Accession Number: 1925.199

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch that opens on both sides. Watch has Roman numerals and watch face is under glass. Both sides of outer watch case have light patterns and a flay circle in the center. Inside of watch case across from watch face has two circles of rope-like engraving.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: Vuille, Sandoz (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102783

Accession Number: 1918.888

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch with white face and black Roman numerals under glass. When watch is opened, behind the watch face is an illustration of fruit in a basket surrounded by flowers. Original container was a finely woven two-piece basket.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102784

Accession Number: 1940.491

Pocket Watch and Key

Swiss watch in silver case. Watch has Roman numerals and a second hand clock on the watch face. Watch opens up to both sides with a makers engraving on one side. The back of the watch has an engraved shield.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Molyneux, F. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102785

Accession Number: 1932.2661ab

Pocket Watch and Key

Gold pocket watch with key and with elaborate engravings around edges and pastel-colored flowers encircling watch face. Roman numerals and small second hand watch face.

Date: ca. 1827

Maker: Duchene Brothers & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 102786

Accession Number: 1923.410ab

Pocket Watch

silver pocket watch in silver case. White clock face with black Roman numerals. Back of watch is engraved with a shield

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Humbert (1804-1887), Alphonse (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102787

Accession Number: 1930.1042

Pocket Watch

silver pocket watch that opens on both sides. Watch faces has Roman numerals and engraved behind the watch hands is a landscape.

Date: 1804-1820

Maker: Oudin, Charles (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102788

Accession Number: 1930.1300

Watch Chain

Watch chain with empty watch case. Leather strap with studs attached, elaborate engraving on back.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 102789

Accession Number: 1969.3615

Pocket Watch

silver pocket watch with silver key. White watch face with Roman numerals under glass. Opens in back to original label of owner "Horace Johnson Manchester NH" entire watch comes out when opened.

Date: 1840-1841

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102790

Accession Number: 1963.283a-c

Pocket Watch and Watch Chain

Gold pocket watch in a gold case with a gold chain. Black Roman numerals without glass. Outside of watch in engraved with ivy leaves around the border and one large leaf in the center. Chain has a pulley with a ruby on it.

Date: 1871

Maker: American Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102791

Accession Number: 2007.15.187

Pocket Watch and Watch Chains

Watch with silver case and two leather straps, one attached and one unattached. The outer case has 9 labels of Phineas Rice, watchmaker, each with a date showing when the watch was cleaned. Outer watch face is a small circle under glass and is opened to a larger white watch face with two sets of Rom...

Date: 1822-1823

Maker: Tompion, Edward (Watchmaker) Pemberton, Samuel (Maker) Rice, Phineas (Maker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102792

Accession Number: 1923.587ab

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch, large with face with black Roman numerals. Inside of watch across from face has elaborate engraving patterns and back of watch has engraved recipient information.

Date: 1863

Maker: American Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102793

Accession Number: 1939.494

Pocket Watch

very plain gold pocket watch with large white face and black numbers. Back opens up to plain gold.

Date: 1894-1908

Maker: American Watch Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102794

Accession Number: 1920.93

Pocket Watch

This gold watch consists of a gold face with an engraved image and an elaborately enameled case. The face depicts a shoreline with two large buildings or chateaux, their images reflected in the water below. There are two boats on the water and the near shoreline has treets and bushes visible. The h...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), enamel (fused coating), engraving (action), crystal (lead glass)

GUSN: 102795

Accession Number: 1932.226

Pocket Watch and Key

Silver pocket watch with removable case, white watch face with black Roman numerals. Watch face has 5 holes showing metal underneath and many cracks across face, back of watch is dented inwards. Watch case is also dented inwards in the back and heavily tarnished. In watch case are 2 papers, one blue...

Date: 1786-1787

Maker: Watson, William (Watchmaker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 102796

Accession Number: 1954.165ab

Pocket Watch and Key

silver pocket watch with gold key attached. Large white clock face under glass with Roman numerals, smaller second hand clock. Opens on both sides with engraving on the back side of a shield-like design

Date: 1840-1850

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

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102797

Accession Number: 1924.102ab

Pocket Watch and Keys

Silver pocket watch with two keys attached at the top. The front of the watch that opens to the clock face has a shield engraved on it.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Guille Pardoux (Watchmaker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 102798

Accession Number: 1914.8a-c

Pocket Watch in Original Case

Silver pocket watch in silver case, packaged in leather box. Watch has Roman numerals under glass with light engraved flowers under watch hands, and both glass front and metal back open up. Light engraved pattern on back. All in leather fitted case with velvet lining.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 102799

Accession Number: 1929.759

Pocket Watch and Fob

Gold pocket watch with black numerals, red second numerals, and intricate watch hands. Front of watch is engraved with "KSW" and attached to the watch is a gold pin attachment with graduated gold pipettes attached to each other in the back. Watch is packaged in brown leather box with white silk inte...

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: Patek Philippe & Co. (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102800

Accession Number: 1973.97ab

Pocket Watch and Key

Gold damascened pocket watch with Roman numerals under glass. Outside of watch is engraved with a shield pattern in the middle and black accents. The back case of the watch has a black and white photograph of a man's face, and the front has a blue photograph of a dog. A gold key is attached and atta...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: Gilbert, Joseph (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102801

Accession Number: 1969.515

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)

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 2 keys.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Wilkinson (Watchmaker)

Material: silver (metal)

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)

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)

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), silver (metal)

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)

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)

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)

GUSN: 102823

Accession Number: 2007.15.189

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch with a gold face. Face has gold Roman numerals and an engraved drawing of a building in the background and clouds behind the numbers.

Date: 1850-1900

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

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102824

Accession Number: 2007.15.190

Pocket Watch

Crystal ball watch on attached chain. On one side the watch face is visible and on the other the dials and workings of the watch are visible. Watch face has Roman numerals encircled separately with gold circles.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102825

Accession Number: 1927.2099

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