1956.0101 Fireback

Fireback

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Joseph Webb (Merchant)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1781

  • Materials:

    Iron

  • Techniques:

    Puddle cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1956.0101


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1956.0101

Object Name

Fireback

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Joseph Webb (Merchant)-1787
For more on Joseph Webb, see the object file for 1956.0101.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1781

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; "SOLD BY JOSEPH WEBB. BOSTON", cast, with a pellet separating the two final words

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Puddle cast

Dimensions (inches)

29.185 (H) , 27.063 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

74.13 (H) , 68.74 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Schiffer, Herbert F., et al. 1979 Antique Iron: Survey of American and English Forms: fifteenth through nineteenth centuries.
Published: p. 155.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
Published: pp. 53-55, cat. no. 15.
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
Published: p.99
[Book] Wright, Louis B., et al. 1966 The Arts in America: The Colonial Period. 368.
Published: p.349, fig.267