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Engraved basket grate

English
about 1780

Dimensions Legacy dimension: .735 wide
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number23.616
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, RI, since July 30, 1962
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionEngraved basket grate of iron and brass. Adam style. Tapered legs with splayed feet. 4 turned finials in brass. Pierced facing in brass.
Provenance1923, sold by Gill and Reigate, London, to the MFA for $1,480 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 6, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.612-619, 621-628 were purchased together for $1,480.