Pocket Watch, "William Ellery" Model | Yale University Art Gallery

1876

Medium: 18-karat gold, steel, iron, brass, gold-plated brass, hair, carnelian, and ruby
Dimensions: Watch: 3 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 3/4 in. (7.94 × 5.72 × 1.91 cm)
Fob chain: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Blaine Butler, B.A. 1956, Mus.B. 1958, Mus.M. 1959, in memory of Loomis Havemeyer, B.S. 1910S
Accession Number: 2011.182.1
Geography: Manufactured in Waltham, Massachusetts
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Timepieces
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Provenance

Loomis Havemeyer (1886-1971), Hartford, then New Haven, Conn.; transferred to the estate of Loomis Havemeyer/Blaine Butler (1934-2015), New Haven, Conn., then Rochester, Ver., 1971; (on loan to Paul Porter, Jr. [1921-2012], New York, then Houston, Tex., ca. 1974-2010); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2011

Bibliography

"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 21, 2012), 22, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

pocket watches

Subject

gold mining

Marks

"American Watch Co." on watch face. "[square with crown] / 18k" and "7107" incuse on interior of front cover. "7207" incuse on interior of back cover. "7107" incuse on inside of works cover. "Wm. ELLERY / 962061 / Foggs patent [script] / WALTHAM, MASS." engraved on the works.

Inscriptions

"P" engraved [later] on exterior of front cover.

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