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On Display: House - Marlboro Room
Shovel (Fire shovel)
1760-1780
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Materials
- Iron
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1954.0092.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1954.0092.003
Object Name
Shovel (Fire shovel)
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Origin Notes
Possibly England or Philadelphia.
Date
1760-1780
Materials
- Iron
- Brass
Techniques
- Wrought
- Cast
Dimensions (inches)
8.858 (W) x 2.165 (D) x 37.008 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.5 (W) x 5.5 (D) x 94 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: p. 131, cat. no. 52.