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1880 C-1882
GUSN-8
Elaborate composite capital with two rows of acanthus leaves and a third row of finer leaves. Above the leaves are three pairs of scrolled ornament with a patera topping the middle. Behind the patera runs a decorative curving band.
capitals (column components)
Carved
carving (processes)
sandstone
Patera
Scroll
acanthus
paterae (motifs)
scrolls (motifs)
Sandstone
Carved
Acanthus
Patera
Scroll
CAPITAL
Original To Old Jordan Marsh Building,
Unknown
16.5 (H), 12 (diameter) (inches)
1987.56
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