Watch Guard
c. 1893
19th Century
2 in. x 14 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Clothing and Accessories
Medium and Support:
glass beads
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Estate of David Parsons Samson, Jr. in Honor of the Centennial
Accession Number:
1997.16.2
This men's watch guard is made of white and black glass seed beads. A note with the object says it was owned by Marshfield Parsons. Parsons ran a tavern in Old Lyme at the time of the American Revolution. That association does not gibe with the dating of this watch guard, which is from the 19th century.