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Knocker

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1834-1867

GUSN

GUSN-24758

Description

Multiple knobbed finial above oval name plate, marked "C. Coffin". Cyma knocker w/ oval knock plate. Spool and oval bottom plate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

door knockers
brass (alloy)
Brass
KNOCKER

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.5 x 4.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.96

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