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Staircase Pendant

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1739

GUSN

GUSN-67125

Description

Staircase pendant with a small flame above a two-part base with bands. Pendant coated with white paint.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pendants (architectural ornaments)
Pendant, Architectural
Turned
Carved
Painted
Torah
Pendant, Architectural

Associated Building

Original To Thomas Hancock House,

Additional Identification Number

1922.24

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift

Accession Number

1922.1103

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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