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Catalog Data

Physical Description:
iron, wrought (upright, legs, billet bar material)
brass (finial, support block material)
Measurements:
overall: 15 3/8 in x 12 in x 18 3/4 in; 39.0525 cm x 30.48 cm x 47.625 cm
Object Name:
andiron
Place made:
United States
Date made:
1790 - 1800
Description:
Knife-blade andiron with brass urn and acorn finial on and 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. Billet bar tenoned through plinth of upright. No marks. One of a pair, 1978.0939.246-.247.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
John Paul Remensnyder
ID Number:
1978.0939.247
Accession number:
1978.0939
Catalog number:
1978.0939.247
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-7c10-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_994614