Pocket watch

Museum number:
2-48545a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Lowie 4-31463 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2790
Description:
a) pocket watch, gold, round; circular second timer at base, winder and handle at top; Gruen’s “veri-thin”; inscribed on back “To R.H.L. Eminent Scholar in Admiration and Affection June 12, 1943; “ diameter 4.4 cm; b) covered case, ivory and maroon plastic with maroon velvet and ivory satin lining; base 10.2 cm x 10.5 cm.
Donor:
Arthur H. Cole
Collection place:
Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Production place:
Switzerland
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Robert Harry Lowie
Collection date:
1943
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Production date:
1943
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Man's pocket watch with display case. Robert H. Lowie was born on June 12, 1883, so this watch commemorated his 60th birthday.
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pocket watch, accession number 2-48545a,b, described as a) pocket watch, gold, round; circular second timer at base, winder and handle at top; Gruen’s “veri-thin”; inscribed on back “To R.H.L. Eminent Scholar in Admiration and Affection June 12, 1943; “ diameter 4.4 cm; b) covered case, ivory and maroon plastic with maroon velvet and ivory satin lining; base 10.2 cm x 10.5 cm.

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