Lot 269
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A GEORGE III STEEL FIREGRATE
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A GEORGE III STEEL FIREGRATE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III STEEL FIREGRATE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The serpentine triple-bar grate with urn-finials above a pierced Greek-key and foliate serpentine frieze and columnar legs headed by urn-finials, on ball feet, with later iron backplate
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

This elegant firegrate, with Grecian flowered and ribbon-fretted frieze, has urn-capped columnar pilasters that reflect the Etruscan or Roman-columbarium style promoted in the 1770s by the architect Robert Adam (d. 1792). Amongst the principal contemporary grate-makers was Thomas Blockley (d. 1789) of Birmingham, who provided grates for Adam-designed interiors at houses such as Croome Court, Worcestershire.

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