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Source Description
The inscription engraved inside the cover of this Tiffany and Company pocket watch reads "From your devoted friend Pembroke Jones." Jones was a wealthy Southern merchant and financier who Henry met in Wilmington, North Carolina in the 1890s. The two men became close friends, sharing a common interest in sailing. The case of the watch, made of red gold, is decorated with Henry's initials in white and yellow gold. It would have been worn on a chain like the one threaded through Henry's waistcoat button-hole. In 1922, three years after Jones died, his widow, Sadie, married Henry.
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Document identity
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84346
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Repeater Pocket Watch
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Repeater Pocket Watch
description
The inscription engraved inside the cover of this Tiffany and Company pocket watch reads "From your devoted friend Pembroke Jones." Jones was a wealthy Southern merchant and financier who Henry met in Wilmington, North Carolina in the 1890s. The two men became close friends, sharing a common interest in sailing. The case of the watch, made of red gold, is decorated with Henry's initials in white and yellow gold. It would have been worn on a chain like the one threaded through Henry's waistcoat button-hole. In 1922, three years after Jones died, his widow, Sadie, married Henry.
provenance
Pembroke Jones [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Jean Edgell [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Elizabeth Edgell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
date
ca. 1900
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
pocket watches
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cm
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7.6
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5.4
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1.3
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H: 3 x W: 2 1/8 x D: 1/2 in. (7.62 x 5.4 x 1.27 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Monogram] On outside cover: HW; [Dedication] On interior cover: From your devoted friend Pembroke Jones; [Number] On interior cover: 16463
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