Andiron, ca. 1800

  • John Molineux, American, active ca. 1800 - ca. 1820

Brass and iron

  • Overall: 17 × 11 3/4 inches (43.2 × 29.8 cm)

Collection of Detroit Institute of Arts

51.332.A

Department

American Art before 1950

Impressed mark behind the log stops on the brass cladding of the billet bar, in block letters: JOHN MOLINEUX

Impressed mark, below the artist's name: BOSTON

1951-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Schiffer, Peter, Nancy Schiffer, and Herbert Schiffer. The Brass Book. Exton, PA, 1978, p. 57 (ill. with erroneous accession number 51.296).

John Molineux, Andiron, ca. 1800, brass and iron. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of Detroit Institute of Arts, 51.332.A.