Object Details
- Description
- Knife-blade andiron with brass polyhedron and spiral flame finial on low-arched legs ending in penny feet. Hollow-cast, vertically-seamed finial and thin, square support block are peened on top of the notched upright, which is tenoned through the legs. Billet bar tenoned through lower part of upright. No marks. One of a pair, 1978.0939.239-.240.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1760 - 1820
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (upright, legs, billet bar material)
- brass (finial material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/8 in x 10 1/8 in x 12 3/4 in; 33.9725 cm x 25.7175 cm x 32.385 cm
- Object Name
- andiron
