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Architecture -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Franklin
Sculpture
Millstone, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Millstone, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 30, 1976.
Medium:
Millstone: pegmatite; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Millstone: approx. D. 15 in. x Diam. 47 in.; Base: approx. 55 x 65 x 57 in. (16 tons).
Inscription:
(Plaque on front of base:) A SYMBOL OF PIONEER RESOURCEFULNESS/AND FREE ENTERPRISE/THIS 16 TON MILLSTONE FASHIONED FROM/LOCAL PEGMATITE. ONE OF TWO USED TO GRIND/THIS COMMUNITY'S GRAIN C. 1750-1805, WAS FOUND/ON THE SITE OF BEARDSLEY'S GRIST MILL NEAR/STONE MILL ROAD./(Left: Emblem) (Right:) ERECTED AND DEDICATED/BY COMMUNITY EFFORT/OCTOBER 30, 1976
Description:
A millstone mounted on a rectangular base.
Subject:
Architecture -- Industry -- Mill
Object -- Tool
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Franklin
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Corkhill Road & Franklin Street, Franklin, New Jersey
Provenance:
Formerly located Beardsley's Grist Mill, Near Stone Mill Road, Franklin, New Jersey
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NJ000296
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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