A FRENCH BRASS AND STEEL ZOOMORPHIC FIRE-STEEL OR STRIKER

A FRENCH BRASS AND STEEL ZOOMORPHIC FIRE-STEEL OR STRIKER

LATE 18TH CENTURY

cast as a running hound on a gently curved steel

7.4cm long

Provenance

The Danny Robinson Private Collection

Literature

See Cacciandra (V) & Cesati (A), 'Fire and Steels' (1999) Cat no. 82.

Illustrated in Caspall (J), 'Fire & Light in the home pre 1820' (2000) p. 28, fig 33 where dated and described as Spanish.