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Ulster Coat
An overcoat without sleeves but has a half length cape covering the arms. Wore by Watson, under which he hid a smoke-rocket to help Holmes discover where Irene Adler was hiding the photograph. (A Scandal in Bohemia)
 
Violin
Holmes warns Watson that he plays a violin when they first meet. He played some of Mendelssohn's Lieder. Later in the story Watson describes Holmes's playing as "his favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin". A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes took up his violin to help him think through the evidence from the murder of Bartholomew Sholto. (The Sign of Four
 
Watch
Watson's watch caused a little friction when Holmes was given the watch to see what he could deduce from it. (The Sign of Four)
 
Watch-chain
Holmes had a sovereign on his watch-chain that was given to him by Irene Adler. (A Scandal in Bohemia)
 
Wedding Ring
"There's been a woman here," he cried (Lestrade). "It's a woman's wedding ring". When the body, of Enoch J. Drebber, was moved, a ring fell down and rolled across the floor. Holmes place the following advertisement into all the morning papers, "Found - In Brixton Road, this morning, a plain gold wedding ring, found in the roadway between the White Hart Tavern and Holland Grove. Apply Dr. Watson, 221B, Baker Street, between eight an nine this evening." A Study in Scarlet