Watch Papers (10)
Date1st half of 19th century
OriginAmerica and England
MediumPaper
DimensionsRound: Diameter: approx. 1 3/4 in.; Recantular: 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2018-210,4A-J
DescriptionNine circular watch papers comprised of newsprint from Philadelphia newspapers (2); bank notes from the Bank of Pennsylvania (2); playing card (1); miscellaneous paper stock (2); and retailer/maker watch papers for D. H. Solliday of Philadelphia (2). One rectangular piece of plain laid paper annotated with "2 8 12 37 60 62".
1800-1827 (compiled); some 1726
1824-1828 (range of the entires in the album).
1798-1801
1830-1835
ca. 1825
1768-1790