Westland London

Description

A brass & cast iron fire basket made in the Regency style by the Victorian manufacturer Thomas Elsley of London. The shaped backplate, with a pair of seated griffin either side of a tall flaming urn, sits behind a two barred grate, with a scrolled brass apron, surmounted by a pair of knopped brass finials above reeded side panels on cabriole legs.English, circa 1900.

Notes: Thomas Elsley was a late Victorian manufacturer of predominantly cast-iron architectural and decorative pieces. His premises were at the Portland Metal Works in Great Titchfield Street, London. Arrtists, such as C. F. A. Voysey often designed for him.