Pair of Antique Fireside Tool Rests, English, Cast Iron, Hearth Stand, Victorian bronzed with a highly distinctive appearance

with a highly distinctive appearance

The original painted interior features a trio of serpentine fronted shelves

Brass handle to centre screen for easy access

displaying light foxing commensurate with age

crafted with an eye for detail in the traditional manner

Pair of Antique Fireside Tool Rests, English, Cast Iron, Hearth Stand, Victorian bronzed with a highly distinctive appearanceOur Stock # 25621 This is a pair of antique tool rests. An English, ebonised cast iron fireside poker stand in Aesthetic Movement taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Pleasingly decorative and distinctive, they embody the Art for Arts Sake reaction to the pragmatic ethos of the Industrial Revolution. Cast in ebonised iron, presenting an appealingly dark and tactile appearance Decorative finial forms rise above horizontal lobes, lending a