Sold for:
$6,000
$6,000
Pair of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chippendale brass andirons, ca. 1780 , in a tall columnar form with fluted urn finials, over a classic stop-fluted shaft supported on a molded architectural plinth, with cabriole spurred legs terminating in ball and claw feet, with the extremely rare detail of cast shell knees, 26 1/4” h. Illustrated in Herbert Schiffer The Brass Book as B on page 63. Another similar pair of andirons, attributed to the King workshop, was sold at Pook & Pook, Inc., April 2009, lot 598 for $25,740. Provenance: Joe Kindig.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2016-10-08
