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Drawer handle (Hardware)
1680-1700
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1958.0102.020 A- C
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1958.0102.020 A- C
Object Name
Drawer handle (Hardware)
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
The creation place was identified as England, probably London or Bristol as per Fennimore (p.426).
Date
1680-1700
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Piece of paper with the drawer handle
Inscription: "W\m Penn's/ Book Case & Drawers", handwritten in ink on one side; "handle of W\m Penn's Book/ case - got at Pennsbury by Peter/ Worrell - from him to G. Dillwyn/ thence to N. Coleman in 1792-/ thence to J E Watson in 1827", other side
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- John Fanning Watson
Materials
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
1.752 (H) x 1.752 (W) x 0.626 (D) x 1.752 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.45 (H) x 4.45 (W) x 1.59 (D) x 4.45 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.300, p.426Thesis: Stoehr, Lois Amorette. 2004 John Fanning Watson: Looking ahead with a backwards glance. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Electronic: Piggush, Yvette. 10//2009 Fancy History: John Fanning Watson's Relic Box. 04/19/2010 http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-01/lessons/07.shtml