Live Auction 7561Simon Sainsbury The Creation of an English Arcadia
A SET OF ENGLISH BRASS AND STEEL FIRE-IRONS
Lot 5

A SET OF ENGLISH BRASS AND STEEL FIRE-IRONS

THE LOG FORK CIRCA 1840, THE THREE FIRE-IRONS LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 June 2008

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GBP 5,625

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A SET OF ENGLISH BRASS AND STEEL FIRE-IRONS
THE LOG FORK CIRCA 1840, THE THREE FIRE-IRONS LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with lion and shield finials on spirally-turned shafts, comprising a shovel, tongs and poker; and an associated log fork, the fork with copper finial
The shovel 36 in. (92 cm.) long (4)

Acquired from Christopher Gibbs, 2 May 1990.

Specialist note

These fireirons are of the same model as those supplied to Guilsborough Grange, Northamptonshire, which are now at Temple Newsam (illustrated in C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, London, 1978, no.171).