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Collections > Furniture > A pair of gilt-bronze Fire-Dogs

A pair of gilt-bronze Fire-Dogs

Each is cast in two pieces. The lower section is a roaring lion, its front paws supported on doubler acanthus scrolls, which continue upwards into further architectural scrolls with diapering between, which surround and surmount the figure of the lion. Above the lion, on the scrolls, is mounted the separate casting of a mythical winged beast with the head of a dragon, the fore-parts of a lion, and the tail of a serpent. Size: Height: 39 cm; Width: 30 cm.

Place: France

Object Type: fire dog

Period: Louis XV

Actual Date: c. 1735

Century: 18th century

Material: Gilt-bronze

Museum Accession Number: FW.118.a & b