Lot 113: - Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865-1945) for The Guild of Handicraft , A pair of fire tongs

Name: - Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865-1945) for The Guild of Handicraft , A pair of fire tongs
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: yea515bjn7

Est: £1,200 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomMarch 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

circa 1900 wrought steel and copper, green-stained oak handle

Dimensions

measurements 62.5cm long; alternate measurements 2ft ½in.

Artist or Maker

Baillie Scott

Notes

OTHER PROPERTY
A line drawing of tongs to this design appears in J.P. White, Furniture Made at the Pyghtle Works, Bedford, by John P. White, Designed by M.H. Baillie Scott, London, 1901. A photograph of this model also appears amongst the fire irons made for the Grand Duke of Hesse's Neues Palais at Darmstadt, as seen in The Studio, vol. 16 (1899), p. 110, see left.

Auction Details

The Best of British - Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries - Paul Reeves: The Auction

Sotheby's

March 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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