Pocket watch, 18 Karat gold (marked), made by James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, 1855 (according to mark).
The watch belonged to Yehezkel Yehoshua Avraham Gabai (1824-1896) and was presented as a gift to Solomon David Sassoon (son of the collector David Solomon Sassoon) on the occasion of his wedding, in 1943, by Mrs. Lizi Gabai (daughter in law of Yehezkel Gabai).
Enclosed is a letter from Yosef Yehezkel Yehoshua Avraham Gabai, brother of Farha Sassoon (neé Gabai), in which he writes that the watch belonged to "my father…Yehezkel Yehoshua Avraham Gabai…" (Hebrew)
6X4.5 cm. Good condition. No glass. Enclosed is a winding key.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.