9681. An exotically decorated Victorian cast iron and brass register grate ...foundry No C4738, model 2451. The hood embellished with a brass Eagle struggling with a Serpent... the most powerful of birds fighting the most dangerous of reptiles...representing the struggle between good and evil.Also found in mythology, on ancient Greek coins , on the Mexican National Flag & in one of Aesop's Fables; the side panels are embossed with flowers & foliage anad surmounted by brass birds soaring skyward.
PROVENANCE :Humby Hall in Great Humby, Lincolnshire.
English circa 1880.

	Width	Height
	39.0" 99 cms	40.9" 104 cms

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