Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Urn-finial andiron with a tall, smooth column on a square base and lapped and double-spurred cabriole legs ending in stem-and-ball feet; curved billet bar has a cast brass cover with ovoid log stop. Two-part upright and finial, each part cast hollow in halves and seamed vertically. All parts of upright held together by an internal iron rod threaded at top and peened at bottom. No marks. One of a pair, DL*290435A-B.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- brass (upright, legs, billet bar cover, log stop material)
- iron, wrought (billet bar, internal rod material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 66.675 cm x 23.495 cm x 47.625 cm
- ID Number
- DL.290435A
- catalog number
- 290435A
- accession number
- 59652
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Caroline E. Bates
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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