A pair of brass andirons

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A pair of brass andirons
the urn-shaped uprights raised on hexagonal columns with scrolling legs and ball feet, the part encased iron billet bars with conforming finials, 19th century -- 25½in. (64.8cm.) high
See Colour Plate. (2)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, The Brass Book, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Pennsylvania USA. Numerous similar examples are illustrated, and described as American, circa 1800.

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