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Fire dog

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

Mediumbronze

Dimensionsoverall: 8 3/4 × 4 × 7 in. (22.2 × 10.2 × 17.8 cm.) 8 3/4 × 8 × 3 in. (22.2 × 20.3 × 7.6 cm.)

DescriptionThis is one of a pair of decorative bronze stands in the shape of lions.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Label TextThese bronze lions (11.3 and 11.4) with their jaws wide open were originally used to support logs in an open fire. They are decorative revival pieces in a medieval style, which reflect a modern interest in the art and culture of the Middle Ages.

Object number11.4

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Unknown

late 19th-early 20th Century

Object number: 11.3

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1770-1775

Object number: 13.19

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1770-1775

Object number: 13.20

Three-light Candelabrum

Three-light Candelabrum

Unknown, French

ca. 1750

Object number: 27.116

Three-light Candelabrum

Three-light Candelabrum

Unknown, French

ca. 1750

Object number: 27.117

Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page

Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page

William Blake

ca. 1826-1827

Object number: 000.33

Pair of Fire Buckets

Pair of Fire Buckets

Unknown, American

ca. 1839

Object number: L2015.41.189

Photography © 2015 Fredrik Nilsen

Mounted Double-Gourd Vase

Unknown, French, 18th Century

porcelain: 1300-1350, mounts: 1745-1749

Object number: 11.14

Three-Branch Candelabrum [1 of 2]

Three-Branch Candelabrum [1 of 2]

Unknown

ca. 1780

Object number: 13.17

Three-Branch Candelabrum [2 of 2]

Three-Branch Candelabrum [2 of 2]

Unknown

ca. 1780

Object number: 13.18

Mounted Vase [1 of 2]

Mounted Vase [1 of 2]

Unknown, French, 18th Century

porcelain: ca. 1740-1750; mounts: ca. 1750

Object number: 27.25

Mounted Vase [2 of 2]

Mounted Vase [2 of 2]

Unknown, French, 18th Century

porcelain: ca. 1740-1750; mounts: ca. 1750

Object number: 27.26