A Regency brass mounted cast iron fire grate in the manner of George Bullock, the railed front surmounted by spikes, the 'U' shaped uprights with palmette motifs, on hairy paw feet with black plinths -- 34in. (86½cm.) wide.

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A Regency brass mounted cast iron fire grate in the manner of George Bullock, the railed front surmounted by spikes, the 'U' shaped uprights with palmette motifs, on hairy paw feet with black plinths -- 34in. (86½cm.) wide.

Lot Essay

An unsigned pencil drawing by George Bullock at Tew Park, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, and inscribed in his hand 'Plan of Stove in Dining Room and Oak Study', appears to confirm the attribution to Bullock of this distinctive design, first made in the exhibition catalogue, The Fashionable Fireplace, 1660-1840, Temple Newsam House 1985, p.30, no. 22.

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