Object Number 1958.3055

Object Name

Fireback

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Pine Grove Furnace (Maker)
Established by Robert Thornburgh, George Stevenson, and John Arthur on the Mountain Creek branch of the Yellow Breeches Creek (Pennsylvania) in 1764. A furnace by the same name was established in Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

Place of Origin

Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1770-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom; "PINE GROVE FURNACE", cast

Subjects

Flowers

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Puddle cast

Dimensions (inches)

26.752 (H) , 21.752 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

67.95 (H) , 55.25 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 58-59, cat. no. 18.