Fireback

Aetna Furnace American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 720

Founded in 1766, Aetna Furnace was located about nineteen miles east of Philadelphia. Not surprisingly, therefore, the imagery on the front of this fireback relates closely to designs carved into furniture and architecture made in Philadelphia at the same date. The firm took its name from the volcanic mountain in Sicily that the ancient Romans believed to be the abode of Vulcan, smith and metalworker to the gods.

Fireback, Aetna Furnace (established 1776), Cast iron, American

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