Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wrist watch
Object Number:
INV.12422
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Leather, silver, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 1/2 x 3/16 x 1 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 1.3 x 0.5 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
label: on dial: "AMBULANCE" with red cross just below
label: on dial: "SWISS"
engraving: on inside of case: "HAUSER/ SWISS"
Description:
Silver and copper wrist watch with black leather band; side winding watch with glass face and white enamel dial; brown arabic numeral hours with minute markings; hour, minute and second hands; inscription "AMBULANCE" with red cross underneath on dial; "SWISS" inscribed below 6; green discoloration on back of watch where leather attaches; leather straps have three leather bands, five holes and a silver buckle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
