Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch with keys
Object Number:
INV.12042a-e
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Silver, other metal, ceramic, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (largest key): 1/4 x 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 0.6 x 1.3 x 1.6 cm )
overall (watch): 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x
Marks:
stamped: inside obverse cover: "WARRANTED / COIN / SILVER / 38012"
stamped: inside reverse cover: "107101 / WARRANTED / COIN / SILVER / 38012"
incised: inside reverse cover, bottom edge: "H 4818 / 1506"
stamped: inside reverse, throughout workings c
Description:
Silver double-cover, closed-faced (railroad?) pocket watch with round knob and swivel ring stirrup, with 4 watch keys; obverse cover has shield-shaped field at the center surrounded with scrolls; reverse cover has a cluster of 3 flowers at the center; white ceramic face beneath crystal has Roman numeral hour markings, hour and minute hands at the center, a separate second timer at bottom center; maker's catalogue information stamped inside reverse on workings cover; 4 keys, 3 have pear-shaped heads and straight jaws, with groove at the neck to hold ring finding attachment (missing from one key); fourth key has a circular swivel stirrup above circular head, straight jaw.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
