Watch Holder

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Object Name: 
Watch Holder
Place Made: 
Eastern United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.52
Dimensions: 
H: 24.4 cm, D: 10.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1800-1840
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Gertrude Christman Melvin
Primary Description: 
Greyish lead glass; blown and tooled. Chicken finial with hook coming from chicken's breast; knop with four flanges above; four section cane of rigaree; stem with four flanges; applied flat circular foot with rough pontil mark underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Arman, David, Source
1984-07-12
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
Greyish
Technique: 
blown, tooled