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On Display: House - McIntire Bedroom
Fireback
Joseph Webb
1781
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Joseph Webb (Merchant)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1956.0101
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1956.0101
Object Name
Fireback
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Joseph Webb (Merchant)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1781
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: "SOLD BY JOSEPH WEBB. BOSTON", cast, with a pellet separating the two final words
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Iron
Techniques
- Puddle cast
Dimensions (inches)
29.185 (H) x 27.063 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
74.13 (H) x 68.74 (W)
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.99Book: Wright, Louis B., et al. 1966 The Arts in America: The Colonial Period. 368.
• Published: p.349, fig.267