A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PATINATED-BRONZE ANDIRONS, MID-19TH CENTURY, DESIGNED BY ALFRED STEVENS (1817-1875) FOR HENRY E. HOOLE & CO. LTD.

Each modelled as a seated and draped male figure, with dark-brown patina, on cast-iron supports
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep, including supports

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 June 2010, lot 114.

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Lot Essay

The sculptor, designer and painter Alfred Stevens (1817/18-1875) was chief designer to Hoole & Co., Sheffield, between 1850 and 1857. Maquettes for the figures of these andirons are preserved in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum (D Bilbey and M. Trusted, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, nos. 550, 551., pp. 366-7).