Sold for:
$5,463
$5,463
Pair of Iron Snake-form Andirons, 19th century, the heads with open mouths and projecting tongues on S-form bodies ending in coiled tails, bolted to log supports, (surface rust), ht. 19 3/4, wd. 8 3/4, dp. 21 1/2 in. N.B. These andirons were found in New York State. A related pair of wrought iron snakes, probably made by the same anonymous Smith, were found bolted to a farm gate in upstate New York. Provenance: Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: The related pair is pictured in Ricco and Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988), p. 200, fig. 284.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-02-25
