拍品 7
7
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN OBLONG SILVER-MOUNTED IRON FIRE BOX IN THE CHARLES II STYLE, on two cast tortoise feet, the sides chased with eagles, scrolling foliage and an oval cartouche surmounted by a lion's mask all on a matted ground and with gadrooned rim, two detachable spherical finials and two detachable wrythen finials, the cartouche chased with a cypher, by Sebastian Garrard, 1917

细节
AN OBLONG SILVER-MOUNTED IRON FIRE BOX IN THE CHARLES II STYLE, on two cast tortoise feet, the sides chased with eagles, scrolling foliage and an oval cartouche surmounted by a lion's mask all on a matted ground and with gadrooned rim, two detachable spherical finials and two detachable wrythen finials, the cartouche chased with a cypher, by Sebastian Garrard, 1917
29½in. (75cm.) long

拍品专文

This fire box is based on Carolean fireplace furniture as found in such houses as Ham House and Knole. In fact a similar example is illustrated in H. A. Tipping, Chimney Furniture at Ham House, Country Life, 1920, vol. XLVII, p. 447-450