Object Number 1954.0560.002 A, B

Object Name

Andiron

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William C. Hunneman (Maker)
1769-1856

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1799-1825

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Topside of curved brass log rest; "HUNNEMAN / 474 / BOSTON" stamped incuse in capitals. The mark is partially effaced at the top.

Materials

Brass; Iron

Techniques

Cast, Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

16.26 (H) , 12.244 (W) , 22.992 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.3 (H) , 31.1 (W) , 58.4 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 68, p. 148.
[Book] Kauffman, Henry J. 1968 American Copper and Brass.
• Published: p. 156.