Elevation of a fire-dog
Design Drawing
ca.1850 (made)
ca.1850 (made)
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Elevation of a fire-dog with two lions supporting a shield which bears the initial H beneath a trefoil finial of a pomegranate.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Elevation of a fire-dog |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on tracing paper. |
| Brief description | Design for a firedog by A.W.N. Pugin |
| Physical description | Elevation of a fire-dog with two lions supporting a shield which bears the initial H beneath a trefoil finial of a pomegranate. |
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| Object history | This design is among those identified by Crace as being for the Houses of Parliament, though no surviving example of it has yet been identified there. All Pugin's metalwork designs were manufactured by Hardman's. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 217.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.623-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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