One of two modillions carved from one block, with scrolls/foliate; ogee molding around edges; painted white. From the portico of the New State House, Boston.
Some hand-wrought nails.
modillions
carving (processes)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
foliation (pattern)
ogee arches
scrolls (motifs)
These modillions (the ornamental blocks that sit under a cornice) came from the Massachusetts State House designed by Charles Bulfinch. Family lore states that they were once featured on the portico. They likely were removed during the 1895 expansion of the building.
Historic New England also has a pilaster capital fragment from the State House, also removed in the nineteenth century (1985.655).
TR2912.2
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Boston, Massachusetts
6 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of James F. Hunnewell, Jr., 2025
2025.27.2
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