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A Regency “sarcophagus” cast iron and brass hob grate
in the manner of George Bullock (c.1780-1818),
the pointed backplate cast in relief with leafy ornament, the railed basket topped with spikes and flanked by pilaster fronted hobs cast with acanthine clasps and raised on lion-paw feet above a plinth base,
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George Bullock is celebrated as a Furniture maker of the finest examples of cabinets and chairs in first Liverpool and then London – details of his colourful life can be found here.
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