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A scrolled decorative piece of wrought iron fashioned by Peter Simmons, a formerly enslaved blacksmith. The two (2) pieces of fencing are connected at the top and bottom with two (2) screws. The fencing is scrolled outwards on the top and the bottom. In the center is an outlined circle framed on either side with vertical straight lines and held in place with two (2) screws. Handwritten in the cent

  • Por Peter Simmons, American, 1856 - 1955, Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
  • Crédito: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Derechos: CC0