Hancock Brackets and Torchieres

  • Type: Ornamental Metalwork

Hancock Brackets and Torchieres are a pair of wrought iron brackets with ornamental scrolls and a pair of torchieres from the Hancock House that was once located on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, a site now occupied by the Massachusetts State House. The ornamental metal are now in the collection at Historic New England. - AsNotedIn


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object


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Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1737/00/00 Thomas Hancock Home Joshua Blanchard builds a stone house (lost) at 30 Beacon Street for merchant Thomas Hancock, 1734-1737. Hancock House Steps, Boston Boston

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Particulars for Hancock Brackets and Torchieres:
Disposition Architectural Remnant
Sight Category Object
Other Description Ornamental Metalwork decorative building material made from metal that is cast or shaped into decorative elements like fences, gates and railings
Material Wrought-Iron



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