Fine Arts & Crafts - 19th June 2024
Lot 268
A rare Barnard, Bishop and Barnards cast iron fire basket designed by Thomas Jeckyll, model no.880,
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £5040
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Description
A rare Barnard, Bishop and Barnards cast iron fire basket designed by Thomas Jeckyll, model no.880, cast with low rectangular panel of Japanese mon, set with polished brass mounts to edges,
cast BBB cipher,
48cm. high, 67cm wide 33cm deep
Literature
Susan Weber Soros and Catherine Arbuthnott Thomas Jeckyll, Architect and Designer, 1827-1881 Yale University Press, page 229 figure 6.77 for the original photograph from the Register of Design, Public Record Office, Kew (13th April 1876). The original advertisement for this fire basket and 'sunflower' andirons prices the fire basket at £15 0 0.
Catalogue notes
This fire grate was created for the Peacock Room by Thomas Jeckyll, flanked by the iconic Sunflower andirons now held in the Freer Gallery of Art, at the Smithsonian. As well as the four bee mon the grate includes the double moth cipher suggested to be his signature and also possibly a symbol of Jeckyll's friendship with Whistler.