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A PAIR OF FEDERAL BRASS ANDIRONS
Lot 465

A PAIR OF FEDERAL BRASS ANDIRONS

PHILADELPHIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Fermé18 January 2008

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A PAIR OF FEDERAL BRASS ANDIRONS
Philadelphia, Early 19th Century
20 in. high (2)

Probably Hannah Wharton (Fisher) King (b. 1816), Philadelphia and Chelwood, Andalusia, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent in the family

Note du spécialiste

With their shell decorated knees, these andirons display a rare feature occasionally seen on other Philadelphia andirons of the period. See Schiffer, The Brass Book (Exton, PA, 1978), pp.63-67.