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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Swiss
Title:Pocket watch
Date Made:18th century
Type:Timekeeping Device
Materials:silver, glass, and colored enamel
Place Made:Europe; Switzerland
Measurements:Overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 13/16 in; 7.9 cm x 5.6 cm x 2.1 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.1354.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:
Pocket watch, engraved "F.A. Ruther" on back. White face with a painted scene of a deer in the woods and a building, in blue and shades of brown. The face is marked with black Arabic numerals, and has two hands which appear to be copper and gold. Tag reads: "from Ireland, Verge, very old."

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