Historic New England

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

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

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), gold (metal), movements (clockworks), metal, enamel (fused coating)

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

Pocket Watch and Watch Chain

Gold pocket watch with gold face. Face has gold Roman numerals and a picture engraved in the background of buildings alongside water and a tree. A long gold chain with a key is attached, and another key is also with the set.

Date: 1849-1866

Maker: Sanborn, Amos (Watchmaker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102826

Accession Number: 2007.15.191ab

Pocket Watch

Gold pocket watch in gold case, engraving on both the front and the back of a shield type design with flowers. Watch opens to a gold face without hands that comes out easily. The gold face is engraved with a drawing of buildings, water, and a sailboat.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 102827

Accession Number: 2007.15.192

Pocket watch

Pocket watch with removable case. Watch has black Roman numerals and glass face opens. Watch case has three papers of the watch makers who cleaned the watch.

Date: 1782-1783

Maker: Howard, William (Watchmaker)

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

GUSN: 102828

Accession Number: 2007.15.193

Hair Comb

Curved tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract carved and pierced scrolled foliate design at top, multiple teeth (one missing).

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103080

Accession Number: 1920.538

Hair Comb

Curved horn side comb with straight square top and multiple teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103081

Accession Number: 1920.539

Hair Comb

Small gilded metal side comb with three rosettes and a wavy border at top, fifteen teeth.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103082

Accession Number: 1920.540

Pocket Comb

Bone jack knife style pocket comb with a vulcanite case featuring a cornucopia, eagle with shield and spray of flowers in relief on one side, and a standing George Washington in relief on the other.

Date: 1850-1873

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103083

Accession Number: 1921.177

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of horn side combs with folded over tops featuring a pierced abstract shape and carved scroll line design, thirty-two teeth on comb A, thirty-three teeth on comb B (one missing).

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103084

Accession Number: 1925.563ab

Hair Comb

Vulcanite back comb with a row of nine graduated ivory balls at top, eight teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: vulcanite, ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 103085

Accession Number: 1925.820

Hair Comb

Celluloid hinged back comb with a flared wing shaped top featuring a pierced geometric design, center top set with a horn rosette, seven teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulosic

GUSN: 103086

Accession Number: 1927.967

Hair Comb

Ivory back comb with a row of nine graduated balls at top, eight teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103087

Accession Number: 1928.240

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of small rectangular side combs with multiple fine teeth.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103088

Accession Number: 1928.826ab

Hair Comb

Vulcanite or hard rubber back comb in a horseshoe shape, eleven teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 103089

Accession Number: 1928.901

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103090

Accession Number: 1928.939

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103091

Accession Number: 1928.941

Bobby Pins in Original Box

Two metal bobby pins "Bob-Ettes" in original orange cardboard box.

Date: 1929

Maker: The Hump Hair Pin Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103092

Accession Number: 1929.441

Hair Comb

Horn hinged back comb with a cut steel rosette bead top, seven teeth (one missing).

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103093

Accession Number: 1929.500

Pocket Comb and case

Black vulcanite pocket comb with large teeth on left side and smaller teeth on right. "Mauchline Ware" wooden case printed with an image of The Flume at Franconia Notch, NH.

Date: ca. 1874

Maker: unknown

Material: sycamore (wood)

GUSN: 103094

Accession Number: 1929.1491AB

Hair Comb

Sterling silver back comb with a crown shaped top featuring an engraved leaves in center, five teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103095

Accession Number: 1929.1493

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of tortoiseshell side combs with pierced and carved scrolls at top, each have multiple teeth.

Date: 1950-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103096

Accession Number: 1932.1176ab

Hairpin

Celluloid hairpin with two folded leaves at top and a ridged ball at center, two prongs.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulosic

GUSN: 103097

Accession Number: 1934.1228

Hair Comb

Horn hinged back comb with seven teeth attached to a winding coil.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103098

Accession Number: 1934.1939

Hairpin

Metal curved hairpin.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 103100

Accession Number: 1935.1034

Hairpin

Dyed horn hairpin with pierced top, two prongs. Broken.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103101

Accession Number: 1935.1040

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced decorative top set with three jet balls and one faceted teardrop ball, two prongs.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell, jet (coal)

GUSN: 103102

Accession Number: 1935.1041

Hair Comb

Vulcanite or hard rubber black hair comb with round top and thirteen teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: R.C. Co. Goodyear (Manufacturer)

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 103103

Accession Number: 1935.1155

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolled heart design, two teeth (one broken).

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103104

Accession Number: 1936.819

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with molded twist top, two teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103105

Accession Number: 1936.879

Barrette

Imitation tortoiseshell celluloid barrette in a rectangle shape with a pierced Greek key design, metal clasp on reverse.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulosic, metal

GUSN: 103106

Accession Number: 1937.956

Barrette

Celluloid barrette in the shape of an arrow with pierced scroll decoration on the point and tail.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103107

Accession Number: 1937.957

Hairpin

Celluloid hairpin imitating tortoiseshell with a square top and two teeth.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103111

Accession Number: 1937.962

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hair pin with a pierced scroll design top, two shaped teeth.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103114

Accession Number: 1938.18

Hair Comb

Black vulcanite or hard rubber back comb with a crescent shaped top with molded bumps, twelve teeth.

Date: 1851

Maker: I.R. Comb Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 103115

Accession Number: 1938.940

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103116

Accession Number: 1938.1161

Package of Hairpins

Package of laminated steel hairpins wrapped in pink paper printed with the official seal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the company trademark for Kirby, Beard & Co.. One pin secures paper.

Date: 1851

Maker: Kirby, Beard & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103117

Accession Number: 1939.651