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Andiron
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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.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAndiron. 1815-1830. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.
