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Doorstop

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-8683

Description

Green glass doorstop--original use: telephone wire insulator.

Details

Descriptive Terms

doorstops
glass (material)
molding (forming)
Glass
Molded
DOORSTOP

Inscription

Molded on lower edge: ""WHITALL TATUM CO./MADE IN U.S.A.""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Whitall Tatum Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

3.75 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.768

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