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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
DepartmentHistoric House
Andirons with Log rest
MakerAttributed to
Edward F. Caldwell & Company
(1895 - 1959)
Date1917
Mediumbrass and wrought iron
DimensionsOverall: 31 x 59 3/4 x 38 in. (78.7 x 151.8 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.110a-c
DescriptionThis pair of brass and wrought-iron andirons each feature a crowned spread eagle facing outward, holding a shield in its talons with the Latin motto NEC SPE NEC METU (neither in hope nor in fear), and standing on a sphere. This top ornament is mounted with screws to a brass tasseled lambrequin flanked by brass scrolls and engraved with stylized floral ornament, including a bellflower motif. A brass plinth separates the lambrequin from the large double-scrolled wrought iron foot enhanced with multiple brass scrolls. A wrought-iron brace that is attached to the lower back of each andiron becomes the wrought-iron log rest (q.v. 1922.2.110c) through which one andiron is attached to its pair.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
On view1885-1900
1920-1930
circa 1917