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1820-1865
GUSN-2917
Paint-decorated tinware sconce, of round shape, its side is painted black with red circles, the backplate is of plain tin with a starburst over-pattern and facted central pewter reflector behind the round plate of glass; there is a candle holder on the bracket extending from the base with a round disk and cylindrical holder (with wax candle).
sconces
glass (material)
painting (coating)
pewter (tin alloy)
soldering
tin (metal)
stars
Tin
Pewter
Glass
Painted
Soldered
Starburst
Circle
SCONCE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
9.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1389
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