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Repeater Pocket Watch
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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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.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/31/2011 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/4/2012 | Treatment | Examined; cleaned |
| 9/4/2012 | Treatment | The pocket watch was examined and then the case cleaned to remove fingerprints and handling grime before being placed on exhibition with other personal belongings near the portrait of Henry Walters. The watch is a recent acquisition. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 x W: 2 1/8 x D: 1/2 in. (7.62 x 5.4 x 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters Edgell, 2011
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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58.523