ANDIRON, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
In the center of the platform is an urn with a dark patina, bulbous shoulders and narrow below, hung with swags of laurel leaves and topped by a flame. It rests on a circular base decorated with a wave motif and flanked by pine cones. The platform is rectangular and has three rectangular panels- the central one with two sprays of laurel, slightly bowed, the two flanking with rosettes in openwork. The two feet are round top-like. Plain, curved iron supports at the back.
- Object name:
- ANDIRON, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Gilt bronze -- bronze
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- c. 1900
- Size:
- 48.3 × 38.1 cm (19 × 15 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.200.2
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back of rosettes: letter A and 22 (incised)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973