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A Rare 19th Century Polished Steel Fender with Flower and Dragon Detail
Yeats Country Antiques
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Yeats Country Antiques

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A Rare 19th Century Polished Steel Fender with Flower and Dragon Detail

19th century
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A Rare and fine 19th Century polished steel curb fender. The rolled top raised over pierced and shaped bowfront frieze with elegant scrolling foliate, flowerhead and dragon motif detail, supported on stepped platform base.

Internal Width: 52 in / 132.1 cm.

Depth Measured at Deepest Point of Bow Front.

Physical Dimensions
Height
17.1cm (6.73")
Width
132.1cm (52.01")
Depth
47cm (18.50")
Declaration

Yeats Country Antiques has dated this Polished Steel Fireplace Fender to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1124563
Dealers Internal Reference
A2712
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Description
A Rare and fine 19th Century polished steel curb fender.
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The rolled top raised over pierced and shaped bowfront frieze with elegant scrolling foliate, flowerhead and dragon motif detail, supported on stepped platform base.
Yeats Country Antiques

Internal Width: 52 in / 132.1 cm.

Depth Measured at Deepest Point of Bow Front.

Height
17.1cm (6.73")
Width
132.1cm (52.01")
Depth
47cm (18.50")
Date of Manufacture

Yeats Country Antiques has dated this Polished Steel Fireplace Fender to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1124563
Dealers Internal Ref
A2712
Yeats Country Antiques
Yeats Country Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2025

Fine period furniture, antique gilt mirrors and beautiful furnishings and collectables

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Archive I A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs.

A Rare 19th Century Polished Steel Fender with Flower and Dragon Detail

Archive II A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs. View II
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Archive IV A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs. View IV
Archive V A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs. View V
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Yeats Country Antiques

Yeats Country Antiques
Telephone 00353 872644494
Location
The Vinery
Arundel Road
Poling
West Sussex
BN18 9PY
United Kingdom
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Yeats Country Antiques
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Location: The Vinery, Arundel Road, Poling, West Sussex, BN18 9PY, United Kingdom
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A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs.
A Rare 19th Century Polished Steel Fender with Flower and Dragon Detail
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A nineteenth-century polished steel fireplace fender featuring intricate pierced fretwork with dragon and floral motifs.
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Fireplace fenders originated as protective low barriers placed around open hearths to prevent burning embers from rolling onto timber floors and rugs during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. High-status Victorian homes favoured polished steel fenders for their reflective qualities and ornate pierced patterns.

Period steel fenders were forged and shaped using sheet steel, often decorated via hand-piercing, fretwork, or chasing techniques to produce elaborate foliate or mythical patterns. The metal surfaces were meticulously ground and buffed to achieve a mirror-like finish.

Authentic nineteenth-century examples display hand-cut pierced decoration with subtle structural variations, period fixing rivets on the interior frame, and age-related patination or minor pitting in recessed areas.

An ornate steel fender can serve as a grounded focal point around a restored period fireplace or decorative hearth, complementing contemporary minimal furnishings by introducing sculptural metalwork texture.

Polished steel requires microcrystalline wax application to seal the surface against ambient atmospheric moisture and prevent oxidation or rust. Microfibre cloths and periodic gentle re-buffing maintain the reflective finish without scratching the metal.
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