Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Two-piece, gooseneck, ball-and-spear or "steeple-top" andiron with an angled-back upright supported by a stepped billet bar tenoned through it that is split into two, flat, horizontal feet at back. Hollow-cast finial with vertical seam. No marks. One of a pair, DL*388202A-B.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Andiron
- andiron
- date made
- 1785-1825
- place made
- United States
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (upright, billet bar material)
- brass (finial material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 54.2925 cm x 26.035 cm x 34.29 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388202A
- catalog number
- 388202A
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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