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Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
Related Person: Field Exploration Committee

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Watch Face

Watch Face
Object name 
Watch Face
Date 
1880-1940
Medium 
Metal, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions 
1/8 x 1 1/8 in. diameter
Description 
This copper watch face has a white porcelain or enamel front with black Arabic numbers, a stopwatch scale with the seconds marked in red with gold dots and a seconds dial. The face is marked "Mutual".
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.1222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.