On View
Not on viewAndirons
DateEarly 1800s
Terms
- Andirons
- Bronze
- Iron
- Boston
Dimensions38.07 × 25.38 × 43.15 cm (15 × 10 × 17 in.)
MarkingsOn inside of rear leg on one andiron, and possibly on the other (not clear) is an impressed mark, with lowered circle and raised design, shown in file.
Credit LineBequest of Mr. Edgar J. Rollins (1945)
Object numberH1100A
DescriptionPair of andirons (H1100a,b) with bell metal ball uprights. Front legs cast, reverse curved with snake feet and spurs at knees. Iron bolt through top of legs and front of log rest, on to which uprights screwed at top. Uprights each of two sections of hollow cast bronze. Turnings on lower sections: straight round base, round plinth, two low wide reels. Turnings on upper sections: two high narrow reels, large ball with concave band around center, reels and knob at top. Log rests are flat iron bars bent down at back to form rear legs. Riveted to log rests are second, smaller uprights with turnings that echo those of front uprights. Bronze plate over log rest at front. Moveable lugs on log rests. Engraved on fronts of plinth sections: Jos. Jaquith (no original). [
