FIREPLACE GRATE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Library

About this object

The grate is made from iron and steel. It is in two levels with openwork. There are four urn-like finials on each end on top of the long column like legs. The upper part has three rows of steel bands to hold the coals.

Object name:

FIREPLACE GRATE

Made from:

Steel -- brass -- iron

Made in:

England

Date made:

ca. 1770

Size:

69.2 × 69.9 cm (27 1/4 × 27 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.198.1

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973