18 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



42. Pendant watch with copper case and enameled dial. Raised 

 inscription "M. Dieu." Made in Rome by J. Clovi in the 

 year 1741, though the case is dated 1751. (Height 77, diam- 

 eter 53 mm.) 



(Plate XXIV, fig. I.) 



43. Silver watch with an outer case of opaque enamel. On the back 

 of the case a man is depicted playing upon a pipe to a Watteau- 

 like sheperdess, with Cupid in the background. Made by 

 P. Charleson in London, A. D. 1758. (Diameter 54, thickness 

 28 mm.) 



(Plate XXIII, fig. 3.) 



44. Gold watch, repousse case with an outer protecting case of glass 

 and shagreen.^^ Made by Thomas White, of London, A. D. 

 1759' (Diameter 52, thickness 25 mm.) 



(Plate XV, fig. 3-) 



45. Gold double-case watch; the outer case ornamented with a re- 

 pousse design: "Maidens bringing offerings to Apollo." Made 

 by Samuel Weldon, ol London, in the year 1759. (Diameter 

 50, thickness 27 mm.) 



(Plate XVI, fig. I.) 



'1 Shagreen was a popular covering for watch-cases during the eighteenth century. 

 True shagreen is a remarkably tough kind of leather made chiefly in Astrachan from 

 the skin of the ass or horse. The peculiar roughness is produced by treading into 

 the dampened skin, hard, round seeds which are shaken out when the skin is dry. 

 The skin is then stained green in a solution of copper filings and salammoniac, 

 dried a second time, and rubbed down. The depressions left by the seeds produce 

 the characteristic spotted appearance. 



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