拍品 13
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A PAIR OF CAST-BRASS ANDIRONS AND FIRETOOLS

STAMPED BY JAMES S. DAVIS, BOSTON, 1815-1830

细节
A PAIR OF CAST-BRASS ANDIRONS AND FIRETOOLS
Stamped by James S. Davis, Boston, 1815-1830
The andirons: each with a double-reel and ball finial above a banded sphere and double-reel support over a square fillet above a columnar shaft over a rectangular plinth, on spurred arched legs with padded hooved feet with curved billet bars with ball and reel stop and legs, stamped "JAMES.DAVIS/BOSTON"; together with matching firetools comprising a shovel and a pair of tongs
21¼in. high, the andirons; 39in. long, the tools (4)

拍品专文

A number of andirons stamped James S. Davis/Boston are known; three sets are illustrated in Herbert Schiffer, et.al., The Brass Book (Pennsylvania, 1978), pp.52, 56 and another set is illustrated in Sotheby's, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Adloph Meyer, January 20, 1996, lot 114.