andiron

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On display in Manhattan's Robinson Galleries last week went a Wheelock retrospective show that started with the dachshund andiron, ended in 1940 with a crisp, stylized figure of Washington at Valley Forge.

From Time Magazine Archive

She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.

From Time Magazine Archive

The daughter took her foot from the andiron; her eyes lighted up aggressively.

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

A mug of cider stood near one andiron; leaning against the other was a flat stone,—the Squire's "Simon."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

And my wife saw ye andiron on ye table.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various