Circular flat, slightly dished body edged with brass foil; hole cut out of center to accommodate candlestick socket.
bobeches
abalone shell
brass (alloy)
Abalone
Brass
BOBECHE
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
3.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.741.4
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