Flat elongated arm tapering to end and terminating in slight curl at tip; set at right angle to circular rod support; diagonal brace intersecting with vertical rod approximately 12" from bottom and with horizontal arm at mid-length; set into two rings of iron imbedded in fireplace.
firesets
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
CRANE, FIREPLACE
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
41.5 (H) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.715
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