Lot 640
  • 640

Fine and Rare English Brass and Engraved Steel Fire Fender, Circa 1750

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • brass and steel
  • Length 61 in.

Condition

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Catalogue Note

For a nearly identical example that is on display in the Parlor room of the Peyton Randolph House in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, see The Williamsburg Collection of Antique Furnishings, (Williamsburg, Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: 1973), pg. 38.