Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Watch, Pocket |
Object ID |
2013.002.0001 |
Title |
Pocket watch owned by Peter Muhlenberg |
Place of Origin |
Probably England |
Date |
c. 1800 |
Materials |
Gold, brass, steel, glass |
Description |
Gold pocketwatch engraved "PM" on exterior of case. Believed to be the "gold watch marked P.M." that was bequeathed by General Peter Muhlenberg to his son Peter Jr. in his will of 1807 together with a pair of brass-barreled pistols which he had carried during the Battle of Germantown. |
Notes |
Exhibition history: Exhibited in Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, August 20 through December 18, 2011. Publication history: Published in Lisa Minardi, Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania (Collegeville, Pa.: Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, 2011), special edition of Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society 45, no. 1 (2011): fig. 2.13 on p. 45. |
Provenance |
Owned by Peter Muhlenberg and descended in the Muhlenberg family. The Speaker's House |
Source |
Gift of Sarah Muhlenberg Grace |
People |
Muhlenberg, Henry, Melchior |