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Fire iron decorated with a shield, a conical baluster and a sphere
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Fire iron decorated with a shield, a conical baluster and a sphere

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1699 · riveted; casting; forging; cutting; iron (metal); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The object consists of three riveted wrought iron parts (the rod for placing wood, the foot, the vertical rod) and five mounted yellow copper parts (a shield cut from sheet metal, the profiled square foot, the profiled partially conical baluster, the ball placed on a profiled foot, and the vase-shaped knob). The iron vertical rod is riveted to the knob.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineHaardijzer met een versiering bestaande uit een schild, een conische baluster en een bol. c. 1600 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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