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oval form of enamel on copper with brass beaded edge; one knob painted with "Dancing Girl"; one knob painted with "Phoebe"; one knob unsigned painted with portrait of young girl in blue hat.
tiebacks (fasteners)
brass (alloy)
copper (metal)
enamel paint
Fastener, Curtain
Tieback
Tieback
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
2 x 1 5/8 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.237.3
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