Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2023
Lot 329
A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVERED BRASS ANDIRONS
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVERED BRASS ANDIRONS
LATE 17TH CENTURY
each with an urn with foliate decoration and a flaming finial on a square plinth above a central boss flanked by scrolling foliage and lion's paws on three ball feet (2)
58.5cm high, 30.5cm wide, 62cm deep
Provenance
By repute formerly part of the furnishings of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
Oliver Hill, Daneway House and thence by descent.
Oliver Hill was an architect of modernist buildings and the author of books and articles on 16th and 17th century Scottish Castles and Caroline Country Houses.