Pair of Arts & Crafts Brass and Iron Fire Dogs

Name: Pair of Arts & Crafts Brass and Iron Fire Dogs
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA818503
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd

Description

We are proud to offer for your home these Pair of Arts & Crafts brass and iron fire dogs in the manner of Ernest Gimson,

Of 17th Century design, with double pierced brass roundels of stylized swords amongst scrollwork.

67cm high, 29cm wide, 58cm deep

The model was most famously reimagined by Leicester-born architect and designer Ernest Gimson, who is known to have seen and sketched the Haddon Hall andirons in 1889.

Gimson's designs were mostly manufactured by his associate, blacksmith Alfred Bucknell. The engraved foliage and particularly the substantial rectangular feet are very similar to the pair Gimson designed for Daneway House, Sapperton.

Similar examples were also sold at Christie's New York, The Maurice and Margo Cohen Collection of Decorative Arts, 11 June 1999, lot 399. Similar andirons were also designed by the Artificers Guild during the early years of the 20th century.

Please do message us for information or details.

Thanks for looking Chris

£1395.00

Physical Dimensions

Height

67cm (26.38")

Width

29cm (11.42")

Depth

58cm (22.83")

Declaration

Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA818503

Description

We are proud to offer for your home these Pair of Arts & Crafts brass and iron fire dogs in the manner of Ernest Gimson,

Of 17th Century design, with double pierced brass roundels of stylized swords amongst scrollwork.

fig 1. Pair of Arts & Crafts Brass and Iron Fire Dogs

67cm high, 29cm wide, 58cm deep

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The model was most famously reimagined by Leicester-born architect and designer Ernest Gimson, who is known to have seen and sketched the Haddon Hall andirons in 1889.

Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd

Gimson's designs were mostly manufactured by his associate, blacksmith Alfred Bucknell. The engraved foliage and particularly the substantial rectangular feet are very similar to the pair Gimson designed for Daneway House, Sapperton.

fig 2. Pair of Arts & Crafts Brass and Iron Fire Dogs

Similar examples were also sold at Christie's New York, The Maurice and Margo Cohen Collection of Decorative Arts, 11 June 1999, lot 399. Similar andirons were also designed by the Artificers Guild during the early years of the 20th century.

Please do message us for information or details.

Thanks for looking Chris

£1395.00