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Early Heart-decorated Massachusetts Andirons

Wonderful pair of 18th C. wrought iron andirons decorated with hearts and shepherd’s crook finials with pigtail terminals. Even the nuts securing the hearts are carefully scalloped. Andirons of this period often have spit hooks for roasting meats before the fire and it’s possible that the shepherd’s crook terminals were meant to serve the same purpose as well as being decorative. 16”H. Albert Sonn in Early American Wrought Iron shows two pair of heart-decorated andirons, one from Ipswich, MA and the other from the Miles Standish house in Duxbury, MA. This may be significant, because these andirons came from an early home in Haverhill, MA. 

$2,750