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ANDIRON, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown (Workshop)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

At one end, standing on the platform is an urn-shaped incense burner emitting a flame and supported by three lion's legs. The urn rests on a truncated fluted column on which hangs a swag of fruit and flowers. This end of the platform has four lion-paw feet. The connecting section of the platform is curved and decorated with a guilloche enclosing rosettes, on top, and acanthus scrolls in front. The section at the other end supports a pineapple in the round on a foot, is rectangular, and is decorated with square acanthus, and rests on three lion-paw feet. The plinth is plain and conforms to the shape of the platform. .1 faces to left

Object name:
ANDIRON, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Metal
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
c. 1780
Size:
16 × 18 in. (40.6 × 45.7 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
14.3.1
Class:
METAL
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973