Context (Display)
The object was found mounted on a wooden display board. A handwritten label affixed to the back of the board reads: 'The cases of a watch in pinchbeck Brass Gilt. c. 1780. The outer case, covered with shagreen Leather. bears in copper stud--work, the monogram S.P. The Baroness A. von Hügel, 1906. [A.1906.287.]', and below it is written in pencil: 'A.1906.287. Bt. Cambridge, 1906. The Baroness A. von Hügel'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Labels & Markings)
A handwritten label found with the object reads: 'CIRCA 1780 BRASS-GILT CASES OF A WATCH; THE OUTER ONE COVERED WITH LEATHER. D.D. BARONESS VON HÜGEL'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry: 'The inner and outer case of a watch in 'pinchbeck' metal, c. 1780: the open-faced case, covered in shagreen, bears in copper stud-work, the monogram, S.P.'
Event Date 1906
Author: David Kay

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a cardboard box of six watches/watch parts and cases (1883.750, 1902.14.1, 1906.286.1-3, 1906.287.1-2, 1915.167.1-2, TEMP.00865), plus the display board for 1906.133 (object missing).
Event Date 2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Inner (1) and outer (2) pair cases for a pocket watch. The inner case is of undecorated pinchbeck brass, with a small hallmark on the inside, a hinged front bezel, and a protruding crown with hinged penannular suspension loop. The outer case also has a hinged front bezel, in lined with pink silk on the inside back, and covered on the outer surface with leather decorated with copper studs. On the back of the case these studs form the monogram "SP".
Event Date 25/3/2019
Author: David Kay