Watch Crystals

Object NamePhotosensitive Glass

Maker Douglas Godfrey

Maker United States Watch Crystal Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Made FromPhotosensitive Glass

Date1951-1955

Place MadeUnited States, OH, Lakewood

SizeOverall (each) H: 2.08 cm, W: 2.08 cm, D: .53 cm

Accession Number2004.4.451

Credit LineGift of Douglas Godfrey

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPhotosensitive Glass. Box containing 25 small square curved watch crystals in various states of development. Two have numbers developed in them in pink, three are metallic grey, and the remaining group are all a pinkish tint. These were experiments in a project to develop numbers directly in the glass watch crystals for Bulova Watch Company.
Provenance

Source Douglas Godfrey - 2004-12-07