2008.30.1

Watch
1942
2 in|1.5 in HIGH x 2.5 in|2.125 in WIDE x 1 in DEEP
(5.08 cm|3.81 cm HIGH x 6.35 cm|5.40 cm WIDE x 2.54 cm DEEP)
Art Deaccession Fund Purchase
2008.30.1

de patta / [maker's mark] / STERLING stamped into metal on bottom of watch.

Sterling silver bracelet cuff watch. The analog watch movement is made by the Elgin National Watch Company, and is set within an ebony trapezoid.

Provenance of object relayed by Elizabeth (Leigh) Yafa on May 20, 2008 (see email copy in file): "The watch was commissioned by my stepfather, Roy Crocker, as a gift for my mother, Michiko Oginuma Crocker, in either 1961 or 1962. My mother gave the watch to me in 1990."

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