Nameplate
- Title:
- Porter Rolfe & Co., Concord, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Nameplate
- Object ID:
- 1992.055
- Creator:
- Porter, Rolfe & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1845-1846
- Description:
- Nameplate. Stamped brass with bronze patina. Motif includes pair of eagles on two sides of a flower, holding banner that has raised stamped lettering: "PORTER ROLFE & Co CONCORD, NH". Scroll and leaf border. Hole in each end for mounting.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-9.3 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably a piece of furniture hardware. May have been intended as decoration for splashboard of an Empire sideboard. George Porter, Hermon M. Rolfe, and Franklin Low were hardware dealers in Concord.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Signs, Advertisements, Hardware, Eagle, Hardware stores
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