Lot 139
A Victorian cast iron fire grate supplied by M. Feetham of Clifford Street, London in 1891
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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A Victorian cast iron fire grate supplied by M. Feetham of Clifford Street, London in 1891
In the George III neo-classical style, the fan shaped back above urn finials and a pierced vitruvian scroll apron, on tapered square supports, 95cm wide, 88cm high (37in wide, 34.5in high).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Stokesay Court, 28 September 1994, lot 172
Stokesay Court was unique country house built at a time to reflect the cutting edge technology of the day. Built by John Derby-Allcroft, a philanthropic entrepreneur from a wealthy merchant family, the house was originally commissioned after a very successful partnership with another wealthy Victorian merchant family of J & W Dents the glove makers. The estate of Stokesay was purchased and the house was commissioned and designed by architect Thomas Harris. The site chosen for the house commanded spectacular panoramic views of Ludlow and Clee hills, Shropshire. Started in 1889 and completed in 1892 the house was one of the first in England to be built with integral electric lighting installed by Edmundsons Ltd in 1891. Other such modern feature to include all ducting and trunking as well as magnificent architecture, to include highly carved Victorian wood work show the level of craftsmanship and attention to detail which can still be seen throughout the house today.
The house has only been lived in by the family intermittently over the course of its life and was last used fully during both World Wars, as a Military Hospital and Officer Staff College. Passed down through successive heirs, the house came to rest with Jewell Magnus-Allcroft who died in 1992. After her death Sotheby's conducted a house sale of the contents over four days and it is from this sale that the present lot is offered.