Cape Cod lighter

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-172495

Description

Brass cylindrical fireplace lighter with flat scroll handle and hinged cover holding a twisted wrought iron wand with stone and standing on a brass flat circular tray.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lighters (fire-making equipment)
accessories
brass (alloy)
Lighter

Inscription

TRADE / CAPE COD / SHOP / MARK (Mark within a fish)
TRADE / CAPE COD / SHOP / MARK (Mark within a fish)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Cape Cod Shop (Maker)

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 4 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2214A-C

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [cape]

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