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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1970-1990

GUSN

GUSN-10676

Description

One large clam shell, 3 1/2" 4 sand dollars 2", 2", 1 3/4", 1"

Details

Descriptive Terms

trinkets
seashell
Sea Shell
TRINKET

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Ipswich, MA, USA, Essex County; Crane's Beach, MA, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.568

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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