Watch Maker, probably by: Thomas Gibbard (British)

1794–95

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver, gold, brass, glass, enamel

Dimensions

watch in its case: 2 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.67 × 5.72 × 2.22 cm, 147 g)

Credit Line

Gift of Francis Bacon Trowbridge, B.A. 1887, LL.B. 1890

Accession Number

1943.37A

Geography

Made in London, Retailed in Alexandria, Virginia, Owned in Connecticut

Culture

American, British

Period

18th century

Classification

Timepieces

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Provenance
General Epaphroditus Champion, East Haddam, Conn. (1756-1834); decent through the Champion family to his great great grandson, Francis B. Trowbridge; gift 1943 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

London hall marks of a lion rampant facing left, a crowned lion with open mouth, and a King in profile facing right in relief within cartouches on the inside of the outer case under the watch papers and the inner case behind the works; lower case "t" in relief within oval with both sets of London hall marks; "TG" in relief within rectangle with both sets of the above marks, on the inner case the "G" is partially obscured by the "t" of the London hallmarks.

Inscriptions

"E C/ 1793" engraved on back of watch\r\n\r\n"Mordecai Miller (script)/ ALEXANDRIA/ No(superscript above ..) 214" incused in the central, raised area of the watch works casing

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