Lot 588

A CAST-IRON FIREBACK WITH THE ARMS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF IRONMONGERS

Early 20th Century

Estimate: £100 - £200
Hammer price: £220
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

93 x 49.6cm 

The true crest of the Ironmongers’ depict two scaly salamanders rather than two talbot hounds, the latter more typically found on firebacks. Copies of the mid 17th Century original are known.  See Jeremy Hodgkinson ‘Firebacks’. 

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