Andiron
Object Details
- 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
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Caroline E. Bates
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 19th century
- ID Number
- DL.290435A
- catalog number
- 290435A
- accession number
- 59652
- Object Name
- andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- 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
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Record ID
- nmah_314640
