Lot 34
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WILLIAM BURGES (1827-1881) FOR HART, SON, PEARD & CO.
PAIR OF GOTHIC REVIVAL WROUGHT IRON FIRE DOGS, CIRCA 1865
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 577
Auction: 23 October 2019 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Description
each with hound's head ring finials above applied shields and curved supports with sphere decoration
Dimensions
83cm high, 36cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Paul Reeves, London
Literature: Cooper, J., Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors,Thames & Hudson, pp. 57-8, 60, plates 124, 125, 128
Note: Burges used this design in several of his schemes and examples can be found in situ, at Cardiff Castle and Tower House in London.