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Immigrants' possessions: Timepieces




CMC S95-06623
 

A Methodist Minister brought this sterling silver pocket watch from Ireland to the United Province of Canada in the mid-nineteenth century. The watch was made in England.





This eighteenth-century English clock, probably a family heirloom, was brought to Canada in 1910 by Henry Lewis. It has a square brass dial and only one hand. The space between the hours is divided into quarters, allowing the single hand to place the time within a few minutes.

 
CMC S94-21286


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