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Finial

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1823

GUSN

GUSN-506

Description

Three urn-shaped finials, perhaps for a fence. The proportions are increasingly squatter from A to C. All have similar heavy white paint. A and B are rotted at the bottom. C is missing its top element.

Details

Descriptive Terms

finials
painting (coating)
softwood
Softwood
Painted
FINIAL

Additional Identification Number

1969.345 A,B,C

Maker

Auger, Hezekiah (Maker)

Location of Origin

New Haven, CT, USA

Dimensions

8.5 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1969.345A-C

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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