Lot 308
THOMAS JECKYLL (1827-1881) FOR BARNARD, BISHOP & BARNARD
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT FIRE INSERT, CIRCA 1880
Auction: Day One inc Contents from a London Apartment | Lots 197 to 333 | Wednesday 15th October
Description
cast brass and cast iron
Dimensions
external 99cm wide, 96.5cm high; internal 46cm wide, 68cm high
Footnote
Literature: Lyons H. Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer: 1834-1904, Woodbridge 2005, p. 83, pl. 102 where a photograph of circa 1896 shows an example of this fire insert in situ in the house of William Ault, manufacturer of ceramics, including the designs of Christopher Dresser.
Thomas Jeckyll began working for Barnard, Bishop & Barnard, the Norwich-based brass and iron foundry, in 1859 as their leading designer. Trained as an architect, he is best known for his metalwork designs for gates, railings, garden benches, seats, and fire grates and tools. These include the sunflower andirons of around 1878, a pair of which were displayed in the Peacock Room, designed by Jeckyll for Frederick Leyland and now housed in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.