Watch
Dent
Category
Horology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gold
Measurements
40 x 60 mm
Place of origin
Strand
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Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 760967.1
Summary
Gold pocket watch from Dent & Co., London, 19th century. This pocket watch belonged to John Lockwood Kipling before it was passed to his son, Rudyard, whose name is engraved on it. After Rudyard’s death, it was inherited by his sister, Alice ‘Trix’ MacDonald Fleming.
Provenance
Believed to have been owned by Alice MacDonald Kipling, by gift to her husband John Lockwood Kipling, by gift to his son Rudyard Kipling, by gift to his sister Alice Kipling Fleming, by gift to the donor in Burwash, by gift to Bateman's. Source: Roger Taylor, National Trust Caretaker in an oral history interview NT/SA/BAT/12 (undated).
Marks and inscriptions
Dent, 41 Strand, London No. 38624 engraved with signature Rudyard Kipling
Makers and roles
Dent , horologist