Show valuable And andiron frons brass drass andirons and irons big and little may be bought in the antique shops at from to 10 40 a pair the most highly prized irons aro are called chippendales Chippen dales the characteristic of the chippendale is a shaft in three parts that nearest the feet being hexagonal the nest next large and egg shaped and tho the top repeating the same egg form in about one third the diameter another favorite form is characterized by a small vase like a 0 colonial sugar bowl at the top a long slender shaft with a corinthian capital on which tho the vase rests and a base that often has three feet some of these have the rear horizontal bar crooked eo so that a short leg may inay beheld be held without bringing the vertical shafts too close together just at the bend usually rises a second and smaller shaft of brass new york sun |