Andirons

Cast Iron Twin Andirons Your fireplace will look a lot friendlier if you keep a fire laid in it match ready, rather than that dark hole with one charred log in it from the other night!

Hearths Aflame Rita Konig 2010

The pothook, with its big cooking pot, appeared, with variations in size and adjustability, in kitchens through the eighteenth century and, in rural areas, even later.59 Andirons, holding the burning logs, stood below the pot; the prudent cook kept a good supply of glowing coals to arrange as needed.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

The pothook, with its big cooking pot, appeared, with variations in size and adjustability, in kitchens through the eighteenth century and, in rural areas, even later.59 Andirons, holding the burning logs, stood below the pot; the prudent cook kept a good supply of glowing coals to arrange as needed.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

Andirons, with their accompanying shovel and tongs, glistened from their covert of asparagus tops.

Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg

Andirons, side-lights for the walls and dressing-table, doorknobs and locks, can all be carried out perfectly.

Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop

Goe to one, you shall find the Andirons shut up in net-work.

A Wanderer in Holland 1903

Andirons seen in a dream, denotes good will among friends, if the irons support burning logs; if they are in an empty fireplace, loss of property and death are signified.

What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901

"Sit still," said the two Andirons, grabbing him by the arms.

Andiron Tales John Kendrick Bangs 1892

Giant Killer, and Beauty and the Beast, and Tom Thumb and his other heroes and heroines, Tom liked the most, were two great brazen Andirons that stood in the fireplace.

Andiron Tales John Kendrick Bangs 1892

To Tom these Andirons, though up to the night when our story begins he had never seen them move, seemed almost to live.

Andiron Tales John Kendrick Bangs 1892