Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Knife-blade andiron with brass urn and acorn finial and an applied brass plinth block on low-arched legs ending in penny feet. Hollow-cast; vertically-seamed finial and thin, square support block are peened on top of the upright, which is tenoned through the legs. Stepped billet bar tenoned into plinth of upright. Plinth block stamped at front bottom center "I·C" in incuse serif letters. One of a pair, 1978.0939.248-.249.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- date made
- 1795 - 1799
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (upright; legs; billet bar material)
- brass (finial; support block; plinth block material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in; 48.895 cm x 22.225 cm x 41.91 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.248
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.248
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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