Fireplace shovel

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Fireplace shovel

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.322

Description

Brass fireplace shovel: topped with grooved beehive finial and ending in flared horseshoe-shaped shovel with steeply sloping sides; finial on handle has a bulbous acorn or beehive shape which begins in a tapered point and is followed by various decorative motifs of grooved lines and faceted and concave turnings; columnar handle continues with a narrowed turned section followed by a smaller concave-convex-concave turned area in the middle of handle and a section decorated with grooved lines at the bottom of the handle; U-shaped shovel is soldered to a rectangular terminus of handle and reinforced with 2 brass rivets.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1830 - 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

5-7/8 in

Depth

2-1/4 in

Length

33-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (14.9 x 5.7 x 85.1 cm)

Material

brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Good. Some pitting on bottom of shovel on left proper side. Mild tarnishing throughout. White residue of brass cleaner in crevices, grooves of handle, and around where handle meets shovel.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

VC.58.323 - Fireplace tongs - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

part of 2

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Parlor