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Masonic Watch Paper for Eli Porter
1809-30
Abner Reed (1771-1866)
USA: Connecticut, East Windsor
Ink on paper
overall: 1-7/8"dia; 4.7625 cm dia.
Museum Purchase
2000.053
1809-30
Abner Reed (1771-1866)
USA: Connecticut, East Windsor
Ink on paper
overall: 1-7/8"dia; 4.7625 cm dia.
Museum Purchase
2000.053
Masonic Watch Paper; circular paper with pair of columns topped with globes, mosaic black and white pavement, three steps, all-seeing eye, shield reads "Eli Porter/ Clock & Watch/ Maker/ Williamstown/ A. Reed Sc. E.W." [Abner Reed, engraver, East Windsor, Connecticut].
For further information, Blog post, August 28, 2018, http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2018/08/a-watch-paper-engraved-by-abner-reed-of-east-windsor-connecticut.html