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Maker(s):Gruber, Andreas
Culture:Austrian
Title:Pocket watch
Date Made:ca. 1800
Type:Timekeeping Device
Materials:silver, brass, glass, and colored enamel
Place Made:Europe; Austria; Vienna
Measurements:Overall: 2 15/16 in x 2 in x 7/8 in; 7.5 cm x 5.1 cm x 2.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.1358.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 with three separate segments in the face. The top of the watch face has a colorful image of a woman reclining. The three watch segments mark: the time in Arabic numerals, with a hand for both the hour and minute; the day of the month in Arabic numerals; and the day of the week in French. Marked on the movement plate: "Gruber in Wien. No. 2408." Tag reads: "Gruber in Wien. Carried in So Hadley, Mrs Kingsbury." A second tag that looks like a sale tag: "Henry Dickinson, So Hadley or Granby, 11.50"

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