A PAIR OF CAST IRON ANDIRONS

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A PAIR OF CAST IRON ANDIRONS
BY WILLIAM WALLACE DENSLOW FOR THE ROYCROFTERS, CIRCA 1902

Modeled as seahorses, each on a bracket-shaped base
seahorses 14in. (35.6cm.) high, 18in. (45.7cm.) with base (2)

Lot Essay

cf. Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1920, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988, p. 133, fig. 88 for an illustration of this model.
See also Christie's New York, December 8, 1990, lot 179 for a similar pair of andirons which sold for $33,000.