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Watch

Manufacturer Edward Prior (English, 19th Century)

CultureEnglish

Date1862-1863

MediumSilver | Tortoise shell

InscribedThree inner cases marked: "W.C.S." Outer case stamped in Arabic. Works are numbered "74263". Two inner cases have London date marks and makers' mark "W.C.S." but no sovereign mark. Tortoise shell case initialed "W.C.S."

Credit LineGift of Mr. Herman Aspegren

Object number44.4.1

Not on view

DescriptionA watch with key and four cases. Second silver and outer (conical) cases etched, as also the silver portions of the tortoise shell case. Purchased by the donor's brother in Morocco, North Africa, in 1925.