- Manufactured by
- Simmons, Peter, American, 1856 - 1955
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- wrought iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 19 5/16 × 5 1/16 × 11/16 in. (49 × 12.8 × 1.8 cm)
- Description
- A scrolled decorative piece of wrought iron fashioned by Peter Simmons, a formerly enslaved blacksmith. The black iron is scrolled into an S shape with the top and bottom scrolled in the same direction. The scrolls are the same size. There is a rivet and a rivet hole at the center of the top scroll and two (2) holes for rivets along the base of the bottom scroll. Along the center edge is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R354].
- Place made
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- ironwork
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.24.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




