On View
Not on viewPocket Watches
Artist
William Hopetown
Date1815
Terms
- Pocket Watches
- Enamel
- Glass
- Brass
- Silver
- Steel
- Topaz
- Paper
- London
Dimensions8.25 × 5.08 cm (3 1/4 × 2 in.)
MarkingsLabel in back of case: "Watches Repaired/ Warranted/ by/ J.B. Thaxter/ Hingham/ Silver Spoons & Jobs Attended to/ at Short Notice." On back of label is written: "Capt. E. Bent (?) 7-18-27". Under label, several horseshoe shaped pieces of paper. On case, hall marks.
Object numberPER1151
DescriptionDouble cased watch. Silver; brass, steel, glass, enameled brass. Inside case, trade paper of J.B. Thaxter of Hingham, Massachusetts, who cleaned it in 1827. Silver turnip watch, chain, charm in a silver case. On gold watch chain agate handled key for watch and topaz charm.
Object number: PER1403