A set of English wrought iron and brass fire irons,
early 20th Century,
comprising shovel, tongs and log fork, the bell shaped shovel with scroll-work supporting brackets, the tongs with claw terminii, each with tapered square-section shafts and with a grip cast as a term putto,
£945
The set of fire tools are beautifully engineered.
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