One of a pair of decorative metal stands used to support logs, usually positioned adjacent or near to a fireplace, allowing the logs to be stored prior to burning and also to facilitate or aid their...

An andiron (older form anderne; med. Lat. andena, anderia) is a horizontal iron bar, or bars, upon which logs are laid for burning in an open fireplace. In older eras (e.g. sixteenth to eighteenth century AD) andirons were also used as a rest for a...