Lot 148

IRISH GEORGE III CUT BRASS AND STEEL FIRE GRATE, POSSIBLY DANIEL CLARKE, DUBLIN
CIRCA 1770

Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 13th May | Lots 68 to 297
Description
the square fireback above a three bar serpentine grate with brass finials, above a pierced serpentine apron with leaf and flower motifs leading to pierced square columns with ho-ho birds and foliate scrolls, surmounted by large urn finials
Dimensions
97cm wide, 68cm high, 34cm deep
Footnote
For similar examples, see Irish Furniture, The Knight of Glin and James Peill, pg. 38, illust. 30; for a similar grate but with pierced obelisk finials, supplied to Cabragh House, Dublin; and The Brass Book, Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, pg. 262, illust. B
