Andiron
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1500 - 1599
Materials
Iron
Measurements
828 x 410 mm
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485956.1.1
Summary
One of a pair of very elaborate fire dogs crowned by a sixteenth century North European statuette, of a partly draped female figures carrying a shield, the whole resting on a pair of horses.
Provenance
Purchased by the sixth Duke of Somerset in 1689.