Pair of Mid C19th Cast-iron Boot-scrapers in the Form of a Recumbent Lion and a Unicorn .

Pair of mid C19th cast-iron boot-scrapers in the form of a recumbent lion and a unicorn.

Scare pair of well-modelled and crisply-cast boot-scrapers depicting the Unicorn emblematic of Scotland and the Lion of England, after a design by John Crowley & Co., Kelham Iron Works , Sheffield , England.

Shown in recumbent poses the pair are each supported by a rear turned finial upright bracket with a ‘bladed’ edge lateral boot-scraping bar .

Both beasts retain an old black-painted surface and both are in remarkably complete and undamaged condition.

A smart and decorative pair of regal boot-scrapers of imposing design and scale which could serve equally well as andirons in a period fire-place setting.

* John Crowley established his foundry and Iron Works at Kelham Island , Sheffield in 1829, before moving to larger premises at Meadowhall in 1870 .

H 14 “ and 13” respectively

W 23” and 25”

D 13”

England c.1860

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