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Source Description
This watch belonged to Jennie Walters Delano (born Jennie Walters, 1853-1922), the only daughter of William T. Walters and the sister of Henry Walters, who founded the Walters Art Museum. Her married initials (J.W.D.) are engraved on the case. Jennie married Warren Delano in 1876.The watch is a minute repeater and the case is 18K gold. Nickel jeweled movement with a Swiss lever escarpment.
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Document identity
localId
80947
label
Monogrammed Repeater Watch
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
80947
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Monogrammed Repeater Watch
description
This watch belonged to Jennie Walters Delano (born Jennie Walters, 1853-1922), the only daughter of William T. Walters and the sister of Henry Walters, who founded the Walters Art Museum. Her married initials (J.W.D.) are engraved on the case. Jennie married Warren Delano in 1876.The watch is a minute repeater and the case is 18K gold. Nickel jeweled movement with a Swiss lever escarpment.
provenance
Henry Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jennie Walters Delano, after 1876, by gift; Mrs. Jean Walters Delano Edgell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mr. Henry Walters Edgell, Manchester, New Hampshire [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, February 9, 1986, by gift [from her husband, Mr. Henry Walters Edgell]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
date
ca. 1880
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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watches
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 in. (5.08 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Engraved: ""J.W.D.""
med
gold
creator_ids
34414
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
1954
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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3a17edd8ae6aa009
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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512f0b3de3efa0ac
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no
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no