NEWEL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NEWEL CAPS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19950016000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NEWEL CAPS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- 1. NEWEL: 21CM (D) BASE X 24CM (H) X 16.5CM (D) TOP WOOD NEWEL CAP. WOOD PEDESTAL HAS 3 BODY SECTIONS. BOTTOM IS NARROW TORUS AROUND BASE. MIDDLE IS WIDENED PORTION WITH SMOOTH ROUNDED SHOULDER. TOP PART IS NARROWER STILL, ALSO WITH ROUNDED EDGE. CARVED IN RELIEF AROUND MIDDLE AND TOP OF NEWEL IS RAISED LEAF PATTERN. NEWEL HAS BEEN LIGHTLY FINISHED AND LAQUERED. NEWEL HAS SPLIT IN WOOD DOWN ONE SIDE. SOME FINISH HAS BEEN WORN OFF AND NEWEL HAS NUMEROUS PAINT SPLATTERS AND SPECKLES. BOTTOM HAS THREE PEG HOLES WITH BROKEN PEGS. 2. NEWEL: 18.5CM (D) BASE X 23CM (H) X 14CM (D) TOP WOOD NEWEL. IDENTICAL IN SHAPE TO (1.). HAS BEEN PAINTED GREY. PAINT IS WORN AND CHIPPED BADLY REVEALING FINISHED WOOD BENEATH. BOTTOM HAS THREE PEG HOLE WITH TWO FILLED WITH BROKEN PEGS.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- EDUCATION
- History
- DONOR SALVAGED NEWEL CAPS FROM CENTRAL SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS TORN DOWN IN 1974. NEWELS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED ON A SET OF STAIRS IN SCHOOL.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950016000
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-05
- Collection
- Museum
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