Andiron
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1815
notes: label: Description
content: Ball-and-spear or "steeple-top" andiron on single-spurred cabriole legs ending in stem-and-ball feet; hexagonal spear and pedestal, ball has wide midrib and billet bar is stepped. Two-part upright, each part cast hollow in halves and seamed vertically. All parts held together by an internal iron rod threaded at top and peened at bottom. No marks. One of a pair, DL*68.0012A-B.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0012B
label: catalog number
content: 68.0012B
label: accession number
content: 275671
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (upright, legs material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (billet bar, internal rod material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/4 in x 8 7/8 in x 16 3/8 in; 51.435 cm x 22.5425 cm x 41.5925 cm