Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 312
Illus. 242.— Andirons,Eighteenth Century. est mventories.The name fire-dogs came fromthe heads of ani-mals with whichthe irons wereornamented.Andirons is aword corruptedfro m handirons, althoughsome inventories speak of end-irons. Kitchen and-irons were of iron similar to the ones in…
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