Fire iron decorated with the bust of a woman and a sphere
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
The object consists of three wrought iron parts screwed together with nuts: the rod on which wood can be placed, the foot ending in two scrolls, and the vertical rod with screw threads at the ends for attaching the decoration. This consists of four cast, chased, and engraved yellow copper parts: the base, the stem, the ball, and the knob. The base, whose profile sharply curves in and out, has two feet decorated with rosettes and is decorated in the center with the bust of a woman. The profiled stem has a node. The ball is smooth. The richly profiled knob has three knobs. The knob is filled with iron on the inside. A hole with a screw thread is provided in it so that it can be screwed onto the rod.
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