$6,900
Pair of Chippendale Engraved Metal and Iron Bell Andirons, possibly Philadelphia, last quarter 18th century, the urn-on-urn finials with engraved tassel bows and swags over turned columns on square plinths with engraved edges on spurred cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, with urn top, turned column and plinth log stops, ht. 26 3/4, wd. 12, dp. 20 1/4 in. Literature: See Peter, Nancy, and Herbert Schiffer, THE BRASS BOOK, (Pennsylvania, 1978), p. 69.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-02-24