Hook
- Object Name:
- Hook
- Object ID:
- 1979.055.02.6
- Description:
- Jamb hook. Cast brass. Curved hook with tapered ends with rib in center on outside. At back, a hook has short hexagonal arm with thin waist in center attached to rectangular plate with chamfered ends and chamfered screw holes. Plate 2.1" wide and 1.4" high. Holes 0.27" diameter. Two forged tabs bent over on back of plate where arm to hook attached. Back of plate recessed with sand-cast finish. Outside surfaces polished. Irregular corrosion on loop 1.8" in diameter horizontally. Opening at top 1.1" wide. Loop 0.47" wide and slightly bent to left when seen from front. Tapers at both ends. Typical loop thickness 0.2".
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-2.1 L-3.25 inches Weight-3.45 oz
- Provenance:
- Note in accession folder, presumably from donor, reads: "Andirons, __ tongs __ also 2 brass hooks to hold __ . Belonged to Col. Wm. Austin __ of Concord - N.H. Where in __ had room of room Gen. Lafayette used for his visit to this country in __ . He was entertained in Col. Kent's home over night."
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Louise Thomas Blanding
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