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Pewter attributed to Ephraim Capen, circa 1845-1847

H 18.2 cm x 13.3 cm diameter

Made at Brook Farm

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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This pewter oil lamp was made by pewter smith and Dorchester native Ephraim Capen at Brook Farm, the utopian Transcendentalist community established in 1841 in West Roxbury, Mass.