Architectural Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1965
notes: label: Description
content: Cluster of grapes and two leaves hanging from a ring at top; grapes are finished on both sides with hammer or plainishing marks visible. Made in two parts. No marks.
label: Description
content: Maker is Keyser Brothers Iron Works, 4041 Ridge Ave. in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, 1928-1971. Run by James Moore Bryant Keyser (1902-1977) and master blacksmith Howard Keyser III (1904-1980). Specialized in residential and ecclesiastical ornamental wrought ironwork, including the High Altar Gates in the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The forge was housed in an 1850s stone industrial complex that was dismantled in 1971 (documented by HABS/HAER).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Germantown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard Keyser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.72.0020
label: catalog number
content: 72.0020
label: accession number
content: 299610
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, architectural
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 12 3/8 in x 6 in; 4.1275 cm x 31.4325 cm x 15.24 cm