- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Date
- before 1863
- Medium
- stucco , hair , plaster of Paris and paint on portland cement
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (19.5 × 19.3 × 8.5 cm)
- Description
- A molding fragment from Charleston, South Carolina. The fragment is from a horizontal architectural element of a building. The body is composed of a grayish portland cement with a decorative plaster of Paris surface layer that is finished in gray paint. The back of the fragment is covered with sandy colored stucco. The profile of the fragment is Y-shaped at the top with a thick branch and a taller, thinner branch. The thin branch, at the back of the fragment, is jagged and missing portions from the top and left edges. The thicker branch forms the top of the decorative surface; it is a diagonal slope that terminates into two small convex hallows. At the bottom of the fragment is a cymba-recta molding with a square edge that curves outwards. The decorative top and bottom edges of the fragment are intact. The fragment's sides have broken and rough edges. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R169], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted slightly left of center, at the bottom of the fragment’s decorative surface.
- Place used
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- American South
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.21.40
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




