Property from the Collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch: Hidden Glen Farms

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Lot 528
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VERY FINE AND RARE CAST IRON FIREBACK, JONATHAN ROBESON, OXFORD FURNACE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, DATED 1754

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • cast-iron
  • Height 31 in. by Width 29 1/4 in.
Emblazoned with the royal motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (evil to him who evil thinks), and Dieu et mon droit (God and my right), dated 1754, Oxford across bottom.

Provenance

Collection of the Germantown Historical Society, Germantown, Pennsylvania;
Philip H. Bradley Co. Antiques, Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

Catalogue Note

Johnathan Robeson of Philadelphia built Oxford Furnace in 1742, the place where this fireback was made. For information about this plate design refer to the entry of Winterthur's plate in Donald Fennimore, Iron at Winterthur (Winterthur, DE: 2004), p. 40-3, pl. 8.