A SET OF FINE FEDERAL CAST BRASS AND WROUGHT IRON STEEPLE-TOP ANDIRONS AND FIRE TOOLS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK, CIRCA 1800-1810 |

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

bidding is closed

Description

Height 29 1/2 in.; 74.9 cm. (tongs); Height 21 1/2 in. by Width 11 1/2 in. by Depth 18 in.; 54.6 by 29.2 by 45.7 cm. (andirons)

tools comprising tongs and a shovel, with a pair of jamb hooks; 4 pieces; andirons stamped on the billet bars JOHN MOLINEUX BOSTON.

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, February 2000;
Vogel Collection no. 677 (tools) and 676 (andirons).

Condition

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