Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Figural andiron of a Scotsman in tam o'shanter, long buttoned coat and kilt, standing and smoking a long-stemmed pipe held in his right hand over his left; painted black. Billet bar fused into back of cast upright. No marks. One of a pair, 1978.0939.231-.232.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- date made
- ca 1900
- place made
- United States
- United Kingdom: England
- United States: Massachusetts
- Physical Description
- brass (upright material)
- paint (upright material)
- iron, wrought (billet bar material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 7 in x 18 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 17.78 cm x 46.99 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.232
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.232
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- subject
- Scottish
- Man
- Smoking
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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