Don Plummer

Colonial Wrought Iron is a photographic record and descriptive text of the wrought iron items that have been forged by blacksmiths during the colonial period in America. The Sorber Collection, the largest private collections of wrought iron in America, is forged domestic items, tools, and hardware. Blacksmiths were a vital part of all communal life in colonial America. If there was a need for something with the strength of iron, the blacksmith made it—from the simplest nail to the most complex jack spit.