02-24-200102-24-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2052
February 24, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
398

Pair of Chippendale Engraved Metal and Iron Bell Andirons

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$6,900$6,000
Auction: Sale #2052 - 2052Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 24, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Pair of Chippendale Engraved Metal and Iron Bell Andirons, possibly Philadelphia, last quarter 18th century, the urn-on-urn finials with engraved tassel bows and swags over turned columns on square plinths with engraved edges on spurred cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, with urn top, turned column and plinth log stops, ht. 26 3/4, wd. 12, dp. 20 1/4 in. Literature: See Peter, Nancy, and Herbert Schiffer, THE BRASS BOOK, (Pennsylvania, 1978),p. 69.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Keywords

Philadelphia, Bell Andirons, Chippendale Engraved Metal, Herbert Schiffer, Pennsylvania, See Peter