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Object Details
- Description
- Ball-and-spear or "steeple-top" andiron with hexagonal pedestal on circular base atop spurred cabriole legs ending in creased snake feet on platforms; brass strip on top of billet bar extends to 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. Brass strip stamped incuse at end behind log-stop "J. DAVIS / BOSTON" in serif letters. One of a pair, 1978.0939.250-.251.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- 1803 - 1828
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.250
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.250
- 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: 18 1/4 in x 11 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in; 46.355 cm x 28.2575 cm x 46.0375 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1458787
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-078c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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