Object Number 1963.0075

Object Name

Fireback

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Robert L. Raley

Creator (Role)

Blackford & Thornburgh (Maker)
Blackford & Thornburgh leased Catoctin Furnace from Baker Johnson in c.1803. Johnson died in 1811, and in the following year the executors of his will sold the lands and furnace to Willoughby and Thomas Mayberry of Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

Frederick, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1800-1811

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper center; "BLACKFORD & THORNBURGH/ CATOCTIN FURNACE", cast

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Puddle cast

Dimensions (inches)

22.5 (H) , 23.5 (W) , 1.063 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

57.15 (H) , 59.69 (W) , 2.7 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 56-58, cat. no. 17.
[Article] Fennimore, Donald L. 2003 Catoctin Furnace Ironwork. 28-29.
• Published: pp.28-29