Nameplate
- Object Name:
- Nameplate
- Object ID:
- 2010.031.05
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Nameplate from a door. Silver-plated copper. Horizontal rectangle. Engraved lettering, "B.B.FRENCH". Threaded brass bolt on reverse, bent upward.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Copper - Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-7 D-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- From door of home of Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) of Chester, NH. Probably from his residence in Washington, DC, where he moved in the 1830s. He served as clerk to the U.S. Congress.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Peter S. French
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