32715
- TitleTo Vincent P. Taylor "Captain Penfold" from George H. Wilkins, England, London, 1912 [commemorative silver fob watch with albert chain]
- Creator
- Call numberR 772
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 64 - Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1912 - Type of material
- Reference code32715
- Physical DescriptionObjects - 1 silver fob watch with albert chain - diam. 5.2 cm.
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - General note
Transfer from the Manuscripts Section (Papers of George Augustus Taylor). Location number: ML MSS 2539 Mitchell Library - Signatures / Inscriptions
Titled from engraved inscription inside a hot air balloon design -- on underside of watch case
"A.W.W. Co., Waltham Mass." (American watchmaker) -- on watch face - Attributions / conjectures
Silver case manufactured Birmingham, 1901
Reference:
Online encyclopedia of silver marks. http://www.925-1000.com/index.html (accessed December 29, 2011) - Name
- Topic
- Exhibited in
Sydney Eccentrics: A Celebration of Individuals in Society - State Library of New South Wales (22 April - 29 August, 1999)
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