EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE

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A REGENCY CAST-IRON FIREGRATE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE
The arched back with scrolling foliage above a tri-bar grate, between spreading uprights mounted with Grecian masks, on winged feet; and a polished steel and ormolu-mounted fender, first half 19th century, lacking one corner mount, each end with a fire-iron rest; and a set of three steel fire-irons, 19th century, each with turned baluster shaft and laurel-wreath terminal
Firegrate: 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 32 in. (81 cm.) wide; 12 in. (31 cm.) deep
Fender: 45½ in. (115.5 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep (5)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Sale room notice

The fender in this lot is not lacking the a corner mount as stated in the catalogue and shown in the illustration.

Lot Essay

Such winged feet that feature on this firegrate relate to those on a vase pattern invented by the connoisseur collector Thomas Hope whose publication or guide Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, showed engravings of the interiors at his Duchess Street mansion museum. The vase pattern was included as part of plate XLIX [49] whilst the 'bacchante' masks may have been derived from the series of masks illustrated in the same as plate XXXVII [37].

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