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A mid-Victorian cast iron firegrate,
in the Gothic taste,
the quatrefoil backplate cast in relief with a curled dragon amid foliate ornament, the basket with crenelations to the top-edge and with three square-section bars hooked-on to the standards each with pointed terminii, the standards raised on bifurcated supports and topped with disc finials cast with radial decoration,
LASSCO discovered this elegant firegrate in Leicestershire. It is beautifully designed. We can't understand why this simple design of three hooked-on bars has not been more widely adopted! The casting is first-rate - research continues as to which foundry might have made it. The design has Gothic roots but, typically for the period the design incorporates other influences and is veering towards Aesthetic, or Arts and Crafts.
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