Lot Essay
A similar pair of painted cast iron baseball player andirons sold in these Rooms, October 21, 1995, lot 83
AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF PAINTED CAST IRON BASEBALL PLAYER ANDIRONS
American, late 19th century/early 20th century
Each modelled in the half-round depicting a baseball player in profile with black-painted cap, white uniform with black and yellow-painted trim, a black-painted belt and black socks and shoes, one holding a beige-painted bat the other holding a white-painted baseball, both stamped on reverse RBS 409
19in. high each (2)
American, late 19th century/early 20th century
Each modelled in the half-round depicting a baseball player in profile with black-painted cap, white uniform with black and yellow-painted trim, a black-painted belt and black socks and shoes, one holding a beige-painted bat the other holding a white-painted baseball, both stamped on reverse RBS 409
19in. high each (2)