Object Record

Metadata

Object Name

Andiron

Catalog Number

1997.007.00001a

Date

ca. 1860

Description

Andiron: one of a pair of cast iron fireplace andirons are approximately twenty inches tall with different brass finials. The maker and patent information is marked on each andiron, "PATENTED APRIL 3D 1860 / SAVERY & CO. / PHILADELPHIA." The front of each andiron has the number "4" on it.

Material

Metal/Iron/Brass

Dimensions

H-20 inches

Owned

Jenkins family

Made

Savery and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Provenance

The pair of andirons belonged to the donor's family (Jenkins). They were used in the family home in Hanover County, Virginia on Cold Harbor Road.

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