Andiron
date: label: date made
content: 1803 - 1828
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: 1978.0939.250
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.250
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (upright; legs; log stop; billet bar cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (billet bar; internal rod material)
label: Measurements
content: 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