Fireplace shovel

Item Information

Title:
Fireplace shovel
Description:
Knopped steeple finial with lemon turning; beading. Rounded brass-colored handle merges into round metal shaft painted black. Spade drop, wide-flaring bell shovel.
Date:
1795–1805
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
knops
metal
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
shovels
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Unidentified Metal
Turned
Painted
Knopped
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
29.938 in. x 7.25 in. x 2.625 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8065
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.350.1
Identifier:
8065