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Fire Screen

Retailer: Herter Brothers, American, 1865-1905
Medium: Brass
Place Made: England
Dates: ca. 1881
Dimensions: 32 13/16 x 31 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (83.3 x 80 x 29.2 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 41.980.16
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William E. S. Griswold in memory of her father, John Sloane
Image: Overall, 41.980.16_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Fire screen, brass; bow shaped cresting attached to frame by a lion mask surmounted by a fruit and leaf finial with fruit surmounts at each corner post which are in turn supported by scroll lion's paw feet, casters in each foot, center of screen has two griffins in rampant position with a cabochon. Condition: Good

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