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Urn finial

Urn finial Wood, gold leaf, paint
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Wood, gold leaf, paint Charles Bulfinch, designer, 1806

71.5 cm H x 28 cm W x 27 cm D

Made in Boston.

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

This wooden urn finial from the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston's North End is the last that survives of those designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1806. It came into the possession of architect Charles R. Strickland, who oversaw the reconstruction of the steeple following a hurricane in 1954.