Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Banded-ball-and-multiknopped andiron with baluster pedestal on compressed-ball base atop lapped and spurred cabriole legs ending in creased snake feet on platforms; curved billet bar has a cast brass cover with matching finial and baluster leg at corner and a small ball log stop. Two-part upright and finial, all parts hollow cast and vertically seamed. Hollow-cast legs are unfinished on back. All parts of upright held together by an internal iron rod threaded at top and peened at bottom. Billet bar cover stamped around log-stop "HUNNEMAN" arched above "BOSTON" in incuse serif letters. One of a pair, 1978.0939.252-.253.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- date made
- 1797 - 1825
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- brass (uprights; legs; log stop; billet bar cover material)
- iron, wrought (billet bar; internal rod material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 11 5/8 in x 22 3/8 in; 40.64 cm x 29.5529 cm x 56.8325 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.252
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.252
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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