December, 1909 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Antique fire-dogs found in Salem, Massachusett 
go out, but was continually supplied with logs or kept alive 
by glowing coals of peat buried in the ashes. 
The quaint old fire-dogs, which supported the wood, 
leaving space for the draught underneath, were so called 
because of the grotesque animals’ heads which ornamented 
them. The word “andirons,” applied to supports of differ- 
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An old-time fireplace at Ipswich, Massachusetts 
