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Doorstop

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1820-1890

GUSN

GUSN-11098

Description

Wooden, mushroom-shaped cap; cylindrical body; natural finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

doorstops
wood (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
Wood
Turned
Doorstop

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.434

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