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1800-1850
GUSN-289559
Fireplace shovel from a set of wrought iron fireplace tools, including tongs. Turned brass handles with ball-shaped finials and two horizontal bands at centers.
firesets
wrought iron (iron alloy)
brass (alloy)
Shovel, Fireplace
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
30 x 5 1/2 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.237.2
Title Fireset Accession Number 1958.237.1
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