A pair of William IV cast iron boot scrapers

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Description

38cm. high, 46cm. wide; 1ft.3in., 1ft.6in.

anthemion cast uprights on navette-shaped trays and on paw feet (2)

Provenance

George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830)

Literature

H. Avray Tipping, 'Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, The Seat of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt.', Country Life, 20th August 1927, p.264, illus.plate 6 when it stood outside the main entrance (subsequently replaced during the alterations carried out by 1st Baron Hesketh)