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Doorstop

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-5599

Description

Cast brass hemispherically shaped base, surmounted by ornament with flanking volutes, projecting brass rod with C-shaped handle finial, base filled with lead.

Details

Descriptive Terms

doorstops
brass (alloy)
casting (process)
lead (metal)
Brass
Lead
Slip Cast
DOORSTOP

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

14.5 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.882.2

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