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1820-1840
GUSN-2455
Of "turtle back" form, with the handle and front painted brown and stenciled with leafage and a bowl of fruit. Shades of copper, yellow and pale green pigments are used. It has a brass nozzle, leather sides and a hanging strap.
bellows
brass (alloy)
leather
painting (coating)
stenciling
wood (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
fruit bowls
Wood
Brass
Leather
Stenciled
Painted
Fruit Bowl
Foliage
Bellows
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
17 1/2 x 7 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.479
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