Award of Merit Watch Key
Dateca. 1821
OriginAmerica or England
MediumGold and steel
DimensionsOL: 1 7/8" OW: 11/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2009-60
DescriptionGold award of merit watch key: Suspension loop with scrolled juncture to top of thin, rectangular watch key with short tubular winding tube attached via scrolled junctureLabel TextRobert Ruffin Collier (1804–1870) of Petersburg, Virginia, received this gold watch key as an award of merit while attending Ebenezer Academy.Inscription(s)Engraved "R.R. Collier. / Ebenezer Academy. July. 1821. / Petersburg. Va." on one side. On the other "Doctus Latinis Græcis que literis."
18th century
early 19th century
