Andiron
Object Details
- Description
- Banded-ball-and-multiknopped andiron with baluster shaft on cylindrical base atop lapped and spurred cabriole legs ending in creased snake feet on platforms; cast brass billet bar cover ends in a semicircle behind the matching log-stop. Two-part upright, both parts hollow cast and vertically seamed. Hollow-cast legs are unfinished on back. All parts held together by an internal iron rod threaded at top and peened at bottom. Adjustable, wrought-iron secondary log stop slides on billet bar. Billet bar cover stamped behind log stop "W. H. WEBB." in incuse serif letters. One of a pair, 1978.0939.254-.255.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1805 - 1843
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.255
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.255
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- Object Name
- andiron
- Physical Description
- brass (upright; legs; log stop; billet bar cover material)
- iron, wrought (billet bar; internal rod material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in x 21 7/8 in; 36.83 cm x 31.115 cm x 55.5625 cm
- place made
- United States: Maine, Warren
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Record ID
- nmah_1458895
