This is the watch of the U.S. polical figure, Aaaron Burr. Some backgeround:
The Aaron Burr Family French Silver and Painted Enamel Open Face Pocket Watch
Late 18th Century
The circular case with silver body, matte white enamel face with pink navette shaped garland design motif and central face with Arabic chapters with opposed painted portraits in oval frames, and hinged gilt brass full plate with squared ogee pillars,fusee movement, verge escapement, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with gadrooned border.
Diameter 2 1/2 inches (5 cm)
Provenance Aaron Burr (1756-1836), gifted to his wife Theodosia in 1792, To David Asdrich Hill a close friend of the Burr Family, To his son Edward David Hill, To his daughter, Mary Hill of Redbank, New Jersey, To Margaret Hill Lambert of Monmouth County New Jersey, To the present descendant, David Hill Lambert
Aaron Burr, an intriguing character among the elite of the early American Republic, was born February 16, 1756 in Newark, New Jersey and served in the American Revolution, a Colonel on George Washington's staff until 1779, later as Attorney General and Senator for the State of New York. He ran for President in 1800, an election determined by the House of Representatives following an Electoral College tie between Burr and Thomas Jefferson. Burr served as Vice President until 1804. In 1804, after losing the race for Governor of New York, a long smoldering discord with Alexander Hamilton flamed to confrontation, and in accord with the Code Duello on a summer morning in July 1804 they agreed to exchange pistol shots at ten paces. In one of the most dramatic moments of American History, Hamilton was to fire first (it is uncertain if he did fire, or deliberately fired wild); Burr taking his turn, shot and mortally wounded Hamilton. Journalistic accounts of that day portrayed Hamilton a martyr and Burr a cold-blooded murderer. The offered watch is pictured in the book "Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy" by Minnie Kendall Lowthen.