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A PAIR OF AMERICAN FEDERAL BRASS AND IRON ANDIRONS
£400 - £600
A PAIR OF AMERICAN FEDERAL BRASS AND IRON ANDIRONS
C.1800
each with an hexagonal spire and orb finial on an hexagonal column and scroll and spurred legs with ball feet, one stamped 'R. Wittingham, N.York' (2)
44cm high
Provenance
The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.
Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood, Summer Sale, 1st July 2008, lot 505.
Catalogue Note
Richard Wittingham, a brassfounder, is recorded as being in New York by 1795 and his son, also Richard, was in business in New York as a brassfounder by 1807.