Andiron
National Museum of American History

Andiron

1815-1830

iron, wrought (upright, legs, billet bar material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Knife-blade andiron with a brass multiknopped finial and applied, beaded-edge plinth block on rounded, arched legs ending in penny feet. Finial is cast hollow in two halves and peened on top of upright, which is tenoned through the legs. Billet bar tenoned into plinth of upright. No marks. One of a pair, DL*388201A-B.

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