Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket watch
Object Number:
1941.52
Medium:
Bronze, glass, enamel, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 1.3 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
engraving: on mechanism on movement: "Fort How/ TTTTTTT"
Description:
Bronze pocket watch with two glass faces; wood peg in hole on perimeter of case; white enamel dial with black roman numeral hours and minute markings; steel moon hour and minute hands; second aperture above the VI with second hand; pinions, balance cock, arbors and other parts of watch mechanism exposed on movement, which is not attached to case.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
