Lot 349
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A PAIR OF CAST-IRON OWL ANDIRONS

AMERICAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF CAST-IRON OWL ANDIRONS
American, early 20th century
Modeled in the half-round with ears flattened back, large yellow and black eyes, simulated feathers, and perched on a cast intertwining twig base and covered with black paint
22in. high (2)

Lot Essay

A 1921 trade catalogue of the Rostand Manufacturing Company, Brass and Iron Fireplace Fixtures (Milford, Connecticut, 1921), shows an identical pair of andirons under catalogue number 407 (p.62). Listed at $10.00, the cast-iron owl andirons were one of the most expensive items offered on that page (courtesy of the Winterthur Library Printed Book and Periodical Collection).