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Spherical brass finial withs ring turnings below, incised ring highlighting. Blackened steel shaft has two knops with ring turning above and below. Crest-shaped drop on bell-shaped shovel.
shovels
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
Brass
Steel
SHOVEL, FIREPLACE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
31.5 x 5.125 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.473.1
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