Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - The Age of Oak - 14th January 2025
Lot 247
A FRENCH BRASS AND STEEL ZOOMORPHIC FIRE-STEEL OR STRIKER
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £315
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Description
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.