Fireback

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Fireback

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.93

Description

Fire back with arched top with straight sides and bottom: small molding around three upper sides; no raised decoration except the date followed by a period: "1757."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1757

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

35 in

Width

28 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 35 x 28 x 1 in. (88.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm)

Material

Iron

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Surface is very pitted; part of bottom is eaten away; cracked. There is a vertical crack in the center bottom which rises upward about 13".

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Basement