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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1770

GUSN

GUSN-8449

Description

Large fireback of rectangular form with angled top corners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

firebacks
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Iron
Cast
Sunburst
Fireback

Inscription

Cast on front: 17 [small sunburst] 70

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 24 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.652

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