Pocket watch key

Key

HARDWARE
metal
overall (key alone): 1-1/4 x 1/2 in.; overall (key with attached hook): 2-1/8 x 1/2 in.

Key; Pocket watch key; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); small metal key, skinny and narrow with a large circular bow; attached to key is a lobster claw clasp, most likely used to attach the key to chain that the pocket watch was hung from.

2005.34.397