A Pair of Federal Engraved Brass Ball-Top Andirons

Early 19th Century

each engraved with a ship and monogrammed W to plinth.
together with brass and iron fireplace tools, including a coal hood, a shovel, two pokers, and two chenets.
Height of each andiron 21 inches.

Provenance:

Andirons discovered in New York;

purchased by the present owner from Leon F.S. Stark Antiques, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957.

Purportedly owned by descendants of Continental Army General and Society of the Cincinnati member James Giles (1759-1825) of Bridgeton, New Jersey.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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A Pair of Federal Engraved Brass Ball-Top Andirons

Early 19th Century

each engraved with a ship and monogrammed W to plinth.
together with brass and iron fireplace tools, including a coal hood, a shovel, two pokers, and two chenets.
Height of each andiron 21 inches.

Provenance:

Andirons discovered in New York;

purchased by the present owner from Leon F.S. Stark Antiques, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957.

Purportedly owned by descendants of Continental Army General and Society of the Cincinnati member James Giles (1759-1825) of Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part I

A Pair of Federal Engraved Brass Ball-Top Andirons

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