Andiron
date: label: date made
content: 1750 - 1790
notes: label: Description
content: Figural andiron of a bare-chested, enslaved African or black man standing with a wineglass and bottle or decanter in his hands; he wears a double-stranded collar or necklace, pantaloons, ribbed stockings and shoes. Billet bar fused into back of cast upright. No marks. One of a pair, 1978.0939.237-.238.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Africans
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Man
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.238
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.238
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in; 28.8925 cm x 16.51 cm x 36.83 cm