Lot 50
50
A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN STEEL AND SILVERED BRASS FIREIRONS in the Adam style, comprising a poker, pair of tongs and a shovel, each with vase-shaped finial and pinced stem, the shovel with pierced basket, the tongs with indistinct Victorian registration mark, the shovel stamped S

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A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN STEEL AND SILVERED BRASS FIREIRONS in the Adam style, comprising a poker, pair of tongs and a shovel, each with vase-shaped finial and pinced stem, the shovel with pierced basket, the tongs with indistinct Victorian registration mark, the shovel stamped S
the shovel 29½in. (75cm.) long (3)

Lot Essay

The registration mark is unclean but appears to be of the type used between 1868 and 1883. The Adam revival falls at the end of this period, particularly with the republication of The Works in Architecture in 1880. This suggests a late circa 1880

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