A PAIR OF FEDERAL BRASS ANDIRONS

PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1770

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A PAIR OF FEDERAL BRASS ANDIRONS
Philadelphia, circa 1770
Together with a pair of lemon-top tongs
20 in. high, 11¾ in. wide, 20 in. deep; tongs: 29¼ in. long (3)

Provenance

Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, 1988

Lot Essay

The baluster profile of the columns of these andirons is quite unusual and successfully complements the scrolling cabriole legs. A pair of andirons with similar bulbous columns, square plinth bases and spurred cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet is illustrated in Israel Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. VIII, p. 2200, fig. P5667.

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