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Fireplace Shovel

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1795-1830

GUSN

GUSN-4060

Description

Steel shaft and bell-shapes shovel with shallow sides; bulbous brass ring-turned handle with nipple top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shovels
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
Brass
Steel
SHOVEL, FIREPLACE

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18.75 x 4.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.368A

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