Brass and Iron Fireplace Garniture, 19th century and later.

Brass and Iron Fireplace Garniture,
19th century and later.
The Federal andirons with ribbed oval and spindle finial cast together on pedestal base, mounted on double-column pillar open at rear to receive straight wrought iron billet bars brass-covered to the urn-form log stops, raised in front by spurred cabriole legs on arris pad feet, together with period ball-top fire shovel and tongs, and one 20th-century three-part wire mesh fire screen with urn finials surmounting hinged brass rails, (andiron) wd. 10 3/4, dp. 18, ht. 17 1/4 in.
Provenance
The collection of Eric van Rooy.
Andirons: Drake Field Antiques, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 27 March 1999. Shovel and tongs: Jane McClafferty Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut, 30 September 2000.