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Bronze Andiron
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Detail of one of two bronze andirons, this one a satyr, in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The andirons depict cherubs and fruit around an ornamental base with urns, satyrs and mermaids.
May 1990
Potter, James T.
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WHi 44019
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