Back Plate

Item Information

Title:
Back Plate
Description:
Stamp-cut flat body with wing-like shape surmounted by stylized "bird head" form and terminating in curvilinear drop pendant; six screw holes.
Date:
1750–1775
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
brass (alloy)
backplates (finish hardware)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Chippendale
Brass
Places:
Maine > York (county) > York Harbor
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
1.813 in. x 3.125 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/4523
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.736.2
Identifier:
4523