Sconce
- Object Name:
- Sconce
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.04.071
- Description:
- Wall Sconce, Tin Plate. Vertical back plate with rounded top edge. Circular edge at top crimped in several places to curl forward. Sides of back have rolled edge with wire inside. Pair of three vertical reeds in metal near edges that act as decoration and stiffeners for back plate. 0.5" diameter hole at top center of plate near where edge starts to curve around. At bottom is semi-circular plate with cylinder soldered in middle of it. Cylinder has three reeds in middle near its center. Slot on front surface. Separate piece of sheet metal that is bent and fastened at vertical edges and at front turned-up edge of tray. This band has rolled top edge with wire inserted in it. Below that are three horizontal reeded sections.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-13.6 W-4.8 D-3.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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