Ironwork: fire poker
Dublin Core
Title
Ironwork: fire poker
Subject
Blacksmithing
Handicraft
Iron implements
Metal-work
Description
This wrought iron fire poker, made by Daniel Boone, VI, is part of the fire took rack. The poker has a spiral shaft and a leaf top. Although made in the 1950s, this is typical of the work Boone was creating in the 1940s. Boone was a fifth generation blacksmith, trained by his father Kelse Boone of Burnsville, N.C. He taught industrial arts students at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. in the 1940s and also operated a forge with his brother Lawrence Boone, and later by himself, in Spruce Pine, N.C.
Creator
Boone Forge (Spruce Pine, N.C.)
Boone VI, Daniel
Source
Hubert Hayes Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1950/1959
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
crafts (art genres)
Type
StillImage
Identifier
15260
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/15260
Date Created
2006-01-31
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;
Spatial Coverage
Yancey County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
27.75" x 2.5"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Boone Forge (Spruce Pine, N.C.) and Boone VI, Daniel, “Ironwork: fire poker,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/15260.