Antique Andirons, Firedogs & Chenets

Stock: 14192

A fine Pair of gilt brass ormolu Louis XVI style chenet andirons. Each is in the form of a lidded urn with a Mask representing Bacchus, God of wine and giver of ecstasy, topped off by a foliate finial with swags of foliage sweeping down from the handles to the pierced plinth beneath, which is supported on four fluted legs.

French, last quarter of the 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	10" 25.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 16466

An imposing pair of brass andirons with a bronze patination. The Dutch style baluster shaped fire dogs are topped with torchere finials and have beautifully cast lion masks within the Baroque scrollwork. The back bars can be made to your desired size.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 1⁄8" 25.7 cms	19 1⁄2" 49.5 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 16170

A fine pair of Arts and Crafts fire dogs in the manner of Ernest William Gimson, with ornate brass rosettes in the Tudor Revival manner, and twisted steel shafts.
Gimson was inspired after he drew a pair of 17th century brass and iron andirons he admired at Haddon Hall, the Tudor manor house in Derbyshire, and he later that them manufactured by Bucknall.

English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 16189

An unusual pair of Arts and Crafts wrought iron fire dogs, the finials are beautifully modelled lion's masks, above rope twist orbs containing poppy heads, raised on scrolling feet and joined by a removable rope twist front bar with the same central orb. Includes associated swan's nest basket.

English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28" 71 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 15960

A pair of Aesthetic Movement andirons attributed to Thomas Jekyll and possibly made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards. Although unmarked, they possess the qualities of Jekyll's designs, with his signature use of Japanese mons within the decoration on the shafts. The rosettes symbolise night and day and with beautiful repoussé work a Kingfisher on a branch represents Day, or dawn, with the sun rising behind him, whilst the owl represents Night and is surrounded by stars.
English, c.1875.

Notes: Barnard, Bishop and Barnards were at the heart of Norwich's iron industry, and the company gained an international reputation after their collaboration with Thomas Jekyll.
Jeckyll’s associations with a group of London artists – notably James Abbott McNeill Whistler – made him a key figure in the Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement. Jeckyll used japonaise designs for Barnards’ fireplaces while his sunflower motif came to symbolise the Aesthetic Movement.

	Width	Height	Depth
	7" 17.7 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 15962

A pair of antique Baroque style brass baluster andirons, each with ball spires terminating in flame finials above masks set above foliate arching legs on lion paw feet. The steel back irons have a further pair of brass flame finials.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 15665

A pair of large Arts and Crafts copper andirons, possibly with a connection to the Newlyn School in Cornwall. These beautiful and unusual andirons are topped with foliate finials, mounted on obelisk like shafts with splayed feet, profusely decorated with floral and foliate motifs in repoussé work creating a wonderful low relief design. Beautiful quality craftsmanship.
English, possibly Cornish, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms	28" 71 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms

Stock: 15736

A simple pair of Neoclassical style solid brass andirons.
English, circa 1920.

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	width	height	depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15733

A pair of early 20th century cast brass Dutch Baroque style andirons in baluster form, supported on splayed feet, each centred with a female mask .

English, circa 1930.

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	width	height	depth
	13" 33 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 15732

A pair of sturdy brass andirons with bulbous finials and faceted in form.
English, c.1900.

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	width	height	depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms

Stock: 15631

A small pair of antique polished wrought iron andirons.
English, early to mid 17th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	14 1⁄4" 36.4 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 15589

A large pair of French Baroque andirons, cast in bronze and partially gilded. The bronze finials are strung with gilded rings and chains and the bulbous bronze centre of the andirons are supported by three gilded and scrolled legs which are mounted on a serpentine base. French, late 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15344

A pair of tall cast iron Jacobean andirons. The bearded deities with intriguing head dress, hand mufflers and serpent-entwined lower quarters, with oak rather than fig leaf loin covering.
17th century possibly earlier. Probably Celtic inspired by Celtic design.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms

Stock: 15115

A very fine pair of tall French Baroque style brass firedogs. The central columns, surmounted by flambeau urn finials, are flanked by pairs of attached stylised dolphins above winged grotesque masks and raised on sturdy arched feet.

French, late 19th Century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄16" 28.5 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 13998

A fine pair of Louis XVI style brass chenets with twin pairs of egg and cup finials above foliate paterae flanking draped, spindle friezes, the back bars with small brass, steeple finials and all supported by tapering reeded legs.

French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms
Internal

Stock: 13765

A pair of 20th century cast brass andirons in the Renaissance manner. The tapering spiral columns, with attached serpents, are surmounted by capped urn finials and raised on splayed. feet.

English, circa 1980.

Shown in further images supporting a swan neck grate not included.

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	width	height	depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	16" 40.6 cms	6" 15.2 cms

Stock: 13990

A very rare pair of 17th century Charles II enameled brass andirons or fire dogs.

The uppermost decoration depicts the royal arms, which is supported by two nude male figures, between which is a vase of flowers. The andirons terminate in two disks also decorated with flowers, possibly tulips and roses.

Attributed to the workshops of Anthony Hatch and Stephen Pilcherd. Hatch was a well-known member of the Armourers and Braziers Company and worked with Pilcherd on the low-volume production of enamel ware, which would have been very expensive at the time.

Firedogs of cast brass decorated with red, blue and white enamel, with wrought iron supports, bearing the arms of Charles II or James II. The brass front is in 4 parts, the uppermost containing the royal arms, the middle part formed of two nude male figures supporting the arms with a vase of flowers between them, the lower portions in the form of two convex disks decorated with tulips and other flowers. Unlike cloisonné decoration, the enameled fields were cast in the mould.

London, c. 1660-1688.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 14741

A very tall pair of Arts and Crafts andirons with bronze finials, decorated with finely cast pierced entwined fruit and flowers, all supported on lion paw feet.

English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	37" 94 cms	3 1⁄2" 9 cms

Stock: 15249

A pair of very tall Baroquqe style bronze and steel andirons with lobed mask finials above baluster columns with triform bases raised on large twin scrolled iron feet.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 15196

A pair of substantial polished iron Baroque style antique andirons. The ornate baluster columns are embellished with acanthus detail and topped by flambeau finials supported by stepped shaped plinths.

English, circa 1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 15119

A pair of tall and substantial Baroque style pierced brass andirons with spire finials above beautifully pieced and ornate orbs supported on scrolled splayed feet, enhanced by a pair of smiling grotesque masks.

French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms

Stock: 15056

A pair of tall brass antique andirons in the Classical style. Each with slender tapering baluster columns topped by swagged urns and lidded finials and supported by ornately designed scrolling legs with small lion paw feet.

French, late 19th Century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12" 30.5 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 13404

A large decorative pair of Arts & Crafts wrought iron andirons, in the manner of Ernest Gimson, with intricately pierced brass foliate roundels surmounted on the concave iron uprights. resting on splayed feet. English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 14985

An interesting pair of cast brass chenets in the Neoclassical style. Each in the of lyre with relief grotesque masks, raised on pairs of sturdy scrolled feet resting on inverted breakfront bases.

French, late 18th/early 19th Century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 14631

A pair of impressive, very tall and sturdy Victorian antique bronze andirons in the Baroque style with cut six sided and faceted finial knobs above stylised bulbous stems supported on decorative triangular bases supported on wrought iron scrolled feet.

English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 13839

A pair of very tall Arts and Crafts wrought iron antique andirons in the Baroque style with flattened globe finials atop the standards, embellished with English Rose bosses, raised on splayed feet. English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	31 1⁄4" 79.5 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 8996

A pair of very large and unusual wrought iron andirons with double cresset flask or wine bottle holders.

English, early 19th century possibly earlier.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 9987

A pair of tall, strong and sturdy wrought iron cresset andirons in the Jacobean style with scrolled wine bottle mulling holders on twist standards, over out swept scrolled feet with integral billet-bars.

English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄2" 24.1 cms	25" 63.5 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.6 cms

Stock: 14725

A pair of tall and extraordinary Arts and Crafts wrought iron firedogs in a rather over the top version of the Renaissance style with foliate and ringed detail and shown here. The third image shows it with a small toothed swans nest grate not included in the price.

English, circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 14051

A pair of tall 16th century style wrought iron andirons. The standard topped with scrolled barley twist finials and fronted by stylised dragons above arched feet.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 14664

A very fine pair of etched brass Victorian andirons in the Baroque style with high capped finials above tall barley twist standards and similar capped finials on the back bars. The barley twist, fleur de lys spearhead bar rests on bracket supports, themselves mounted with further capped finials The standards are supported on large curved ornate feet each with three projecting Tudor Rose arms.

English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	26 5⁄8" 67.5 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms
Each andiron	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	26 5⁄8" 67.5 cms

Stock: 14054

A pair of tall Arts and Crafts antique wrought iron andirons with scrolled bars on the supports and Tudor Rose style finials and mounted detail. Shown below with a 24"swan basket.

English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms
Each andiron	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms

Stock: 14497

A pair of polished cast iron Baroque style andirons with steeple finials above balusters in the form of mace, set on rectangular plinths supported on sturdy splayed feet.

English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 14528

A pair of tall wrought iron andirons each with faceted silver plated brass finials and
silver plated stylised griffin tool rest plates mounted on tapering standards supported on sturdy splayed feet. English, early 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 14459

A tall pair of elegant Georgian style antique cast brass andirons. The fluted Corinthian columns, topped with finely styled urn finials, are supported on leaf moulded, splayed feet ending in tiptoe lion paws, the back bars mounted by a further pair of delicately styled finials.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms	27 3⁄8" 69.5 cms	19 7⁄8" 50.5 cms