It has rectangular sides with rounded corners adn a flat narrow bottom. It is open at the top and sides for letters. It is in a thin "U" shape in profile of a single piece of copper.
racks (supporting devices)
brass (alloy)
copper (metal)
hammering
Copper
Hammered
Brass
RACK, LETTER
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
2.875 x 4 x 1.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.730
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