Martha Washington's watch

Pocket watch
Maker: James McCabe
Gold, base metals, porcelain, glass
1793-1794

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Pocket watch
Maker: James McCabe and James Richards
Gold, base metals, porcelain, glass
1793 ...

Status

On view

Date1794

Maker James McCabe (English, 1748 - 1811)

Maker James Richards (English, 1796 - 1810)

Geography Made - England

Medium/TechniqueGold, iron, enamel, glass

DimensionsOverall (Diameter of outside of case): 2 in. (5.08 cm) Overall (Diameter of inside of case): 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm)

Credit LineGift of Harrison Howell Dodge Heiberg Jr., in memory of Harrison Howell Dodge, Mount Vernon Resident Director (1885-1937), 1976

Object numberW-446

Published ReferencesCarol Borchert Cadou, The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2006), 232-233.

James C. Rees, Treasures from Mount Vernon: George Washington Revealed: (Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1999), 59.

"Selling Relics of Washington," New York Herald, 27 October 1895, 11.

MarkingsFour stamps on the interior of the outer case: lion passant in shield (standard mark); leopard's head crowned in shield (London mark); letters "IR" (casemaker's mark), letter "S" in shield (date letter for period of 1793-1794); and king's head (duty mark). Four stamps on the interior of the inner case: lion passant in shield (standard mark); leopard's head crowned in shield (London mark); letter "S" in shield (date letter for period of 1793-1794); and king's head (duty mark) Engraved on the top plate: “James McCabe No 3039/ London”.

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