Andiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1799 - 1811
notes: label: Description
content: Ball-and-spear or "steeple-top" andiron with cylindrical pedestal and base on 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 behind log-stop "B. EDMANDS / CHARLESTOWN" in incuse serif letters. One of a pair, 1979.0262.01-.02.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Charlestown
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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: 1979.0262.02
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0262.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.0262
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: 16 in x 10 3/8 in x 17 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 26.3525 cm x 43.815 cm