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LOT 1975
Post Medieval Bronze Fire Strikers
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (190 grams total, 18.5 cm wide including stand).
Both with two large arched loops for fingers; one with a triangular, the other with a rectangular striking peen; profile formed as a ship with pointed stern and the bow ending in a volute, engraved wave pattern along the hull; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
German art market, before 2008.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00014409.
Literature
See Miller, R., The Bryant and May Museum of Fire Making Appliances. Catalogue of the Exhibits, London, 1926, fig.241, for type.
Footnotes
These fire strikers represent one of the typical shape during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were shaped with two bows, and were often decorated with a series of ornamental strokes on the side.
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LOT 1975
Post Medieval Bronze Fire Strikers
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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