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November 21, 2025: Fall Premier Americana: Day Two Featuring The Benny Long Collection

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  • Brass & Metals
Lot 1442

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSOCIATED NEOCLASSICAL-EMPIRE PAIR OF BRASS FIREPLACE ANDIRONS

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSOCIATED NEOCLASSICAL-EMPIRE PAIR OF BRASS FIREPLACE ANDIRONS, each with a robust urn-form finial supported by an ionic columnar stem resting on a plinth base with squat scrolled feet flanking a shaped skirt, each retaining the original iron log support with ball-form stop, both are connected by a removable fender which has pins at each end fitting into corresponding eyes on the plinths of each andiron. Probably English for the Charleston market. Circa 1810-1815. 21" HOA, 25 1/2" WOA with fender in place, 21 1/2" DOA.
Literature: Closely parallels MESDA, Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, May 1979, pp. 50-57: and ibid., November 1992, pp. 37-52.
Catalogue Note: The present andirons are from a small group originally classified as the Charleston Neoclassical-Empire Group IV by Brad L. Rauschenberg (see Literature 1). Subsequent research by Rauschenberg resulted in the entire group being re-attributed to England, probably made for the Charleston market (see Literature 2). Rauschenberg notes that he believes the survival of the fender is rare, and at the time of writing the MESDA article he had only recorded three sets of these andirons, and two of the three were missing the connecting fender. One of those pairs descended in the Philip Porcher family of Berkley Co., and Charleston, SC at their home "Ophir", and another pair descended in the Ball family of Charleston.

Condition

Very good overall condition with expected minor to moderate usage wear; each plinth front with some scratching, possibly as-made; the log supports with expected minor rust and bowing at the center point.

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