Andiron
date: label: date made
content: 1786-1820
notes: label: Description
content: Figural andiron featuring a human head or mask atop a fluted, tapered pier or flattened column on arched, squared cabriole legs with a scrolling vine in relief at top center and a round drop below. Entire andiron is a single, two-part casting, with the cast billet bar inserted into and fused to the puddle-cast upright when poured. Billet bar has two legs. No marks. One of a pair, 1983.0808.01A-B.
label: Description
content: Possibly made at the Redwell-Isabella Furnace, located along Hawksbill Creek, near Luray, Page County, VA. Dirck (also Derick or Derrick) Pennypacker established Redwell Furnace in 1786 or 1787. It was later sold to Benjamin Blackford in 1808 and renamed Isabella Furnace sometime after that. Date range for these andirons encompasses both names. The site remained in operation until circa 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Hawksbill Creek
label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Shenandoah Valley
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0808.01A
label: accession number
content: 1983.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0808.01A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 5/8 in x 8 3/8 in x 16 3/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 21.2725 cm x 41.5925 cm