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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:French or Swiss
Title:Pocket watch
Date Made:18th century
Type:Timekeeping Device
Materials:silver, glass, and enamel
Place Made:Europe; France or Switzerland
Measurements:overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 11/16 in x 5/8 in; 6.4 cm x 4.3 cm x 1.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.1352.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
Small pocket watch in brass or tarnished gold (?). Simple white face with black Arabic numerals and two small hands. The watch is damaged at the 4, 7, and 11. The back is decorated with an engraved design of intersecting circular lines. Tag reads: "Verge, Taken from Sloop in Provedence bay, 1812."

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