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Rare Wrought Iron Mill Iron, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Second half 18th Century

No reserve

Auction Closed

January 23, 10:36 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

Lot Details

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Rare Wrought Iron Mill Iron

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Second half 18th Century


Together with a pair of wrought iron tulip strap hinges, Pennsylvania, late 18th century. (3 pieces)

Length 64 in.

Mill irons were use to measure the seperation of mill stones. Related mill irons are illustrated in Herbert Schiffer, Peter Schiffer, and Nancy Schiffer, Antique Iron: Survey of American and English Forms, (Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1979), p. 321.