A PAKTONG SERPENTINE FIREGRATE
Lot 1176 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A PAKTONG SERPENTINE FIREGRATE

OF GEORGE III STYLE, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed22 May 2014

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GBP 4,750

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A PAKTONG SERPENTINE FIREGRATE
OF GEORGE III STYLE, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The wrought iron railed basket with swagged and foliate urn finials and swagged pilasters, the pierced frieze with oval sunflower paterae and with similar terminal blocks, on tapering foliate supports surmounted by urn finials, the feet slightly reduced
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The grate corresponds to a pattern illustrated in W,D John and Katharine Coombs, Paktong, Newport, 1970, pl. 4.