SCONCE A: Rectangular vertically molded back plate with 3/4 circular crimped crest pierced with hanging hole over candle holder and 3/4 circular drip pan; painted black and decorated with red sprigs. SNUFFER B: Conical, with traces of black paint and red leafy devices.
sconces
candle snuffers
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Tin
Painted
SCONCE, CANDLE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.259A,B
Unknown
13.5 x 4.125 x 3.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.259AB
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