2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Chaise (side chair)
1779
1817.13
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
Artist/Maker: Fran

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Watch Face

Watch Face
Object name 
Watch Face
Date 
1880-1940
Medium 
Metal, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions 
1/8 x 1 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 and a seconds dial. The face is marked "Hampden".
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.1217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.