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On Display: House - Metalwork Alcove
Stove plate
Hopewell Furnace
1772
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Hopewell Furnace (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1996.0024
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Dr. Richard A. Mones.
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Object Number
1996.0024
Object Name
Stove plate
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Hopewell Furnace (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1772
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top
Inscription: "MARK.BIRD HOPEWELL FURNACE", cast
Type: Inscription
Location: Near top
Inscription: "1772"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Allegory
Materials
- Iron
Techniques
- Puddle cast
Dimensions (inches)
21 (H) x 28.874 (W) x 1 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
53.34 (H) x 73.34 (W) x 2.54 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 74-76, cat. no. 28.Book: The Committee on Historical Research. 1914 Forges and Furnaces in the Province of Pennsylvania.
• For similar example of the panel set into a stove, see opp.p.156Article: Beckerdite, Luke. 2014 Pattern Carving in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia. American Furniture. 86-141.
• Comparison: p. 120, figs. 67-68.