Andiron
date: label: date made
content: 1740-1800
notes: label: Description
content: Broken andiron with a circular disk finial on a straight upright that is cylindrical at top, faceted at bottom and bent at a right angle to become the billet bar. Square, arched legs with tab feet are forge-welded to upright. Secondary square leg is peened at top of billet bar. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
label: place collected; place used
content: United States: Maryland
label: place collected; place used
content: United States: Virginia
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: Gift of Ferdinand Beckert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.64.0116
label: catalog number
content: 64.0116
label: accession number
content: 251851
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 14.605 cm x 36.83 cm