Item contributed by Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
This plaster mold produced a spur for Col. Robert Gould Shaw. It shows how Saint-Gaudens produced one of the many details in this moving sculpture.
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Negative plaster mold of spur for the figure of Col. Robert Gould Shaw as part of the Shaw/54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. One end of mold is rounded, the other is square. SAGA 4136.
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