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Collections > Furniture > Firedogs

Firedogs

Pair of gilt-bronze chenets, scrolls and scrolling acanthus providing support for semi-reclining nude figures of a woman and a man, possibly Venus and Vulcan.
Height: 42 cm.

Place: France

Object Type: fire dog

Period: Louis XV

Actual Date: c.1740

Century: 18th century

Material: Gilt-bronze

Museum Accession Number: FW.44.A & B