A RARE REGENCY STEEL AND CAST-IRON DOG GRATE DISPLAYING DECORATIVE OBELISK FIREDOGS IN THE EYGPTIAN REVIVAL MANNER. Circa 1810.

A RARE REGENCY STEEL AND CAST-IRON DOG GRATE

DISPLAYING DECORATIVE OBELISK FIREDOGS IN THE 

EYGPTIAN REVIVAL MANNER. Circa 1810.

This substantial Regency dog grate, fashioned in steel and cast iron, incorporates decorative ball-top obelisk firedogs on square-section-plinth legs, with applied roundells on the fire bar apron. Infuenced by the Eygptian-revival style of the early 1800’s which was largely inspired by the Eygptian campaign and Admiral Nelson’s defeat of Napolean at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The style became increasingly fashionable in architecural and furnishing design following the publication of Thomas Hope’s widely-influential pattern book, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (London, 1807).

English, Circa 1800 – 1820

Condition: In good useable condition commensurate with age, complete with replacement cast-iron bottom grate, it provides an opportunity for authentic yet practical everyday use within an original antique Georgian chimneypiece.

Dimensions: Width:  32.5 “, 83cm. height: 34 “, 86cm.  depth: 17 “, 43cm.