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Sconce

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1810-1830

GUSN

GUSN-58223

Description

Tin wall sconce with a central circle with eight small circles and seventeen semi-circles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sconces
pressing
tin (metal)
Fixture, Lighting
Fixture, Wall
Sconce
Sconce

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 3/4 (H), 9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2207

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