A George III polished steel register grate circa 1780

of larger proportions, the broad surround with beaded mouldings and engraved trailing stylised foliage, the aperture inset with a grate surmounted by urn finials and with a pierced, beaded frieze

Almost certainly supplied to William 4th Earl FitzWilliam (d. 1833), Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire and by descent.

Country Life, 5th October 1924, shown in situ in the Van Dyck Room.

The collection at Wentworth Woodhouse was assembled by the Earls of Strafford and their descendants, the Marquesses of Rockingham and Earls of Fitzwilliam. The West Front rooms including the Van Dyck Room were redecorated for William 4th Earl Fizwilliam (d.1833) under the direction of the leading York-based architect John Carr (d.1807). This was a continuation of the work instigated by William's father, Charles 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (d.1782), whose association with Carr began in the 1760s.

The history of the house dates back to the 13th century when the land was owned by the Wentworth family. However it was Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford, a patron of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, who can be credited with creating the basis of the celebrated collection at Wentworth Woodhouse.  In common with so many of England's great houses, it underwent many transformations over the years, the most significant being the addition of a Palladian front in the mid-18th century.