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Fireplace Shovel

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-2839

Description

Ball finial on bulbous octagonal upper shaft tapering to rod like shaft and iron shovel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shovels
iron (metal)
steel (alloy)
Iron
Steel
SHOVEL, FIREPLACE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

25.25 x 5.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1298

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