Brazier shovel
Category
Metalwork
Date
1862
Materials
Brass
Measurements
406 mm (Length)94 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Spain
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348022.2
Summary
Shovel tool for charcoal brazier, described in C.L. Eastlake - 'Hints on Household Taste', 1868, page 146; 'Charcoal brazier, brass, A nineteenth century copy of an earlier design. Purchased by Lord Edgcumbe at the International Exhibition of 1862, of modern Spanish work'.
Provenance
purchased by Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at the International Exhibition held in London in 1862.