Letter Holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Hanging letter holder for "THURSDAY", "FRIDAY" and "SATURDAY" in the form of a gothic tower or building consisting of four graduated brass plates stamped as facades that are attached one above the other to a single piece of sheet metal. "SATURDAY" features a pointed-arch portal while all the plates have triple pointed-arch and quatrefoil windows flanked by spires; the gables of "FRIDAY" and "SATURDAY" also include the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom with "DAY'S / PATENT" above and below. A partially legible, circular green paper label printed in black is affixed at bottom of the metal backing. One of two holders for all seven days of the week, DL*59.2300A-B.
label: Description
content: Maker is Benjamin Day of Birmingham, England; Day first patented his multipurpose chimney ornaments (freestanding with folding candle or fire screens at top) in 1817.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Misses Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2300A
label: catalog number
content: 59.2300A
label: accession number
content: 113420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, letter
label: Object Name
content: ornament, chimney
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (plates material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, sheet (backing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 15 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 38.1 cm x 6.35 cm