Westland London

Description

A very fine and large cast iron and parcel gilt decorated antique Victorian fire grate in the Gothic Revival manner. The backplate is cast with five roundels behind the two barred grate with plain and spiral twist bars and knobbed cone finials. The grate is supported on an a pair of tall ornate andirons surmounted by cup and cover finials with foliate gilt decoration. The four sided gilt mounted stems are embellished with rope-twist bound foliate roundels above gilt detail on the splayed feet. English, late 19th century.