A SET OF FIVE WROUGHT FIRE-IRONS, possibly after a design by H.J. Winkelman, comprising: a wood container of sledge-shape, adorned with ball-motifs and scroll-handles; and a fire-scoop, a poker, a fire-brush and a pair of fire-tongs, all handles decorated with scroll-motifs

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A SET OF FIVE WROUGHT FIRE-IRONS, possibly after a design by H.J. Winkelman, comprising: a wood container of sledge-shape, adorned with ball-motifs and scroll-handles; and a fire-scoop, a poker, a fire-brush and a pair of fire-tongs, all handles decorated with scroll-motifs
27.6 cm high x 62 cm long x 24 wide size of container (5)

Lot Essay

cf. W.H. Crispen, Het sierende metaal in de Bouwkunst, Rotterdam, 1925, p. 47, no 29 for an illustration of fire-irons by Winkelman

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