Details
A pair of late Victorian cast-iron fire dogs, by Thomas Jeckyll, 1876, the uprights in the form of sunflowers, on bracket feet -- 34in. (86.5cm.) high.
See Colour Illustration (2)
See Colour Illustration (2)
Further details
"The sunflower railings that surrounded Barnard, Bishop & Barnard's Iron Pavillion, exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition and again in Paris in 1898, were re-used by Jeckyll as fire-dogs. Executed in gilt bronze as well as black lacquered iron, they are the epitome of Anglo-Japanese taste."
See Jeremy Cooper Victorian & Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, Thames & Hudson, 1987, pp. 115, 118 and 138.
See Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, 19th century design from Puigin to Mackintosh, London, p.160, pl. 168.
See Jeremy Cooper Victorian & Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, Thames & Hudson, 1987, pp. 115, 118 and 138.
See Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, 19th century design from Puigin to Mackintosh, London, p.160, pl. 168.