Andiron

Description:

Knife-blade andiron with a brass multiknopped finial and applied, beaded-edge plinth block on rounded, arched legs ending in penny feet. Finial is cast hollow in two halves and peened on top of upright, which is tenoned through the legs. Billet bar tenoned into plinth of upright. No marks. One of a pair, DL*388201A-B.

Date Made: 1815-1830

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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Credit Line: Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.388201ACatalog Number: 388201AAccession Number: 182022

Object Name: andironObject Type: andirons

Physical Description: iron, wrought (upright, legs, billet bar material)brass (finial, plinth block material)Measurements: overall: 19 in x 10 3/8 in x 14 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 26.3525 cm x 36.83 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-56ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_314637

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