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A pair of late Victorian brass kerb fenders

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A rare set of 6 Victorian brass kerb fenders with pierced frieze decoration and rounded moulded corners surmounted with turned bosses.
These can be split into pairs if required.
The quality of these curbs is superb and it takes two men to lift each one.
The provenance below was passed on with the purchase of these fire fenders by the vendor.
Provenance
BY REPUTE.

The magnificent Edwardian City Hall is the finest building of this superb ensemble, but is actually the fifth to have served as the centre of local Government. Little is known of Cardiff’s original 'Gild Hall', but the second Town Hall stood in the middle of St Mary’s Street until it was replaced on the same site in the mid- eighteenth century. The fourth Town Hall, on the western side of St Mary's Street, was built in 1853 and remained in use until the present City Hall opened in 1904.

The Civic buildings stand in Cathays Park, once the site of a short lived Georgian mansion (1812-25), built for the 1st Marquess of Bute. The Bute family sold the 59 acres to the town in 1898, for £159,000. Plans were drawn up for the new buildings, and the new Town Hall (Cardiff was not yet a City) was to form its focal point.

The design is inspired by English and French Renaissance architecture, but has in addition all the presence and confidence of the Edwardian period, when Cardiff’s prosperity from the coal industry was at its height.it is understood that these rare set of 6 fire curbs came from the magnificent town hall.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Brass
Creation Date:	1880
Number of Pieces:	6-7
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Victorian
Incollect Reference #:	270552

Dimensions

W.	60.5 in;	H.	8.5 in;	D.	12.5 in;
W.	153.67 cm;	H.	21.59 cm;	D.	31.75 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art