Antique Andirons, Firedogs & Chenets

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

Stock: 14392

A pair of substantial Jacobean style wrought iron andirons linked by a highly ornate scrolled fender bar. The standards in the form of a pair of griffins holding rings in their mouths.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 13920

A pair of very tall Arts & Crafts brass and cast iron antique andirons, with decorative cut brass rosette roundels above a pair of brass strapwork plaques and raised on simple splayed feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	31 1⁄4" 79.5 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 14074

A very tall and impressive pair of Jacobean style polished wrought iron cresset topped andirons with scrolled legs. The two are connected by a barley twist top bar and two roasting spits from which hang two small drip cups.

English late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	14" 35.5 cms	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms

Stock: 13922

A BARONIAL FANTASY

A pair of enormous and rather eccentric patinated bronze andirons in the Baronial Baroque manner. Each is surmounted by majestic spread winged eagles holding scrolled cartouche shields and perched on ornate drums decorated with mythical beasts and sirens. The acanthus plumed and scrolled central body is framed either side by enormous pairs of monopodic winged lions resting on winged messengers above large horned grotesques flanking a central mask of The Green Man.

Mid 20th century.

Notes: These andirons were probably made for a grand mansion in the Southern States of America

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25" 63.5 cms	46 1⁄8" 117 cms	6 7⁄8" 17.5 cms

Stock: 13732

A pair of tall Gothic style wrought iron andirons. The florally engraved standards,
topped by a pair of wolf heads holding rings in their mouths above stylised
shields, are supported on foliate decorated scrolled and splayed feet.
Swan's nest baskets available separately in various sizes.

English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms

Stock: 14068

MONUMENTAL

A enormous and highly eccentric pair of Gothic Revival antique wrought iron andirons, each with four barley twist columns enclosing a fifth entwined around which are mythical writhing serpents with thrusting heads. Leaves and serpents spill out of the cresset tops and there are two smaller cressets below to the front extending upwards from the back bars. The whole is supported on sturdy elaborately scrolled feet.
French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms

Stock: 13735

A massive pair of Arts & Crafts wrought iron andirons in the Baroque manner,
with blunt faceted finials and scrolled, ringed standards above splayed feet
and linked by a barley twist bar with spearhead terminals and chains.

English circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	54 11⁄16" 139 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms

Stock: 11914

A pair of wrought iron fire dogs with brass bun shaped finials above widely splayed scrolled feet. Shown here with a small swans nest basket, sold separately and available in different sizes.

English, 17th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 14049

A large pair of antique Baroque style brass andirons with double back bars and raised on elaborately scrolled feet.

American, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 11789

A pair of 20th century Louis XV style bronze, brown patinated chenets in the Rococo manner, depicting a young trysting girl and youth with wine pitcher and glass in 18th century dress, on typical Rococo scrolled foliage supports.

French, 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	9 7⁄8" 25.2 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 12149

A pair of spectacular, large patinated bronze and iron andirons in the Louis XVI, Etruscan Revival manner. Napoleon annexed the Kingdom of Etruria in 1807. The large slender urn finials each shrouded with continuous full height separate delicate palmettes are topped with ball handles. Seated on tapering square shafts and descending into leaf fluted columns over large oval leaf shrouding and down to shaped pedestals, standing on wide elegantly scrolled bronze plinths with central shell and scrolled decoration.
French, early 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 12376

A pair of slim burnished iron andirons in the Neoclassical manner topped by urn finials with stars set in roundels on the plain shafts and supported on splayed scrolled feet.
English, late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 12867

A pair of tall classical style cast iron fire dogs with tumbling floral decoration and flame topped urn finials. Full length backbars can be made if required.

English early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 13328

A pair of tall Louis XIV Baroque style copper and brass firedogs, with a pair of urn finials and bulbous wrythen stems above mythical lion masks flanked by sturdy curled feet.

French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 7445

A pair of small brass andirons or chenets embellished in the Rococo manner with trophies, grotesque masks and mythical beasts. French, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 13⁄16" 14.8 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms

Stock: 13621

A pair of cast iron andirons, decorated with stylised vines and grapes and monogram.

English dated 1621.

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	width	height	depth
	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 13586

A pair of tall 16th century style wrought iron andirons, the standard topped with scrolled barleytwist finials and fronted by stylised dragons above arched feet. Similar to the 16th century pair shown below.
Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12" 30.5 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 13533

A pair of beautiful, tall and highly ornate brass Baroque style andirons, cast with highly intricate acanthus leaf decoration, topped with stylised acorn finials and supported on solid cast iron plinths. Shown with a simple and practical log grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	32 7⁄8" 83.5 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 10714

A pair of tall brass Gothic Revival armorial andirons, with knights helmets above shields depicting a cross and fleur de lys, linked by an elaborate scrolled and barley twist bar terminating in fleur de lys finials, all raised on shaped splayed feet.

Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14" 35.5 cms	26 1⁄2" 67.3 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 13496

A pair of massive wrought iron Jacobean style andirons. The tall ringed standards with large top ball finials, each with tool rests and swiveling warming plates and spit arms all supported on sturdy splayed four toed feet. Shown with a 30” swans nest grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 13519

An unusual Tudor Revival style wrought iron scoop shaped fire basket mounted on a pair of andirons with elegant twisted shafts topped by sculptural claw finials supported on tall arched leg supports.

English, Circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 13004

A pair of Art Nouveau, wrought iron fire dogs, with twisted spiral finials above heart shaped brass panels within scrolling wrought iron frames, supported on splayed legs.

English, Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms

Stock: 13441

A tall pair of ornate wrought iron cresset andirons in the Jacobean style topped by wine bottle mulling holders, with stylised wolf masks on the uprights and billet bars extending back and front.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms