A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE, POLISHED STEEL AND CAST IRON ANDIRONS

Lot 135
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 135 | A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE, POLISHED STEEL AND CAST IRON ANDIRONS
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE, POLISHED STEEL AND CAST IRON ANDIRONS

19TH CENTURY

The mask and foliate carved baluster finials on triangular gadrooned and mask cast supports with incised scrolling bases, hooks supporting a matching detachable twisted steel central bar; together with apparently matching tongs and shovel, a further associated three piece companion set and stand, and a later cast iron basket grate

32 in. (81 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) 31 in. (79 cm.) deep; the matching bar 48 3/4 in. (124 cm.) wide





Provenance

The andirons and bar: Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Bt., later 1st Baron Hesketh (1881-1944).

Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, 17-19 May 2005, lot 41 (£26,400).



Literature

H. Avray Tipping, 'Easton Neston II, Northamptonshire, The Seat of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt., Country Life, 27 August 1927, p. 301, fig. 10 (illustrated in the dining room).



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