Antique Dutch Wrought Iron Blow Poker, 17th - 18th Century

18th-19th Century, Dutch neoclassical blow poker. The blow poke is made of wrought iron. It is in a good working condition.

Large 18th century, French Louis XV blow poker. The blow poke is made of wrought iron. It is in a good working condition.     

18th century, French Louis XV period blow poker. The blow poke is made of wrought iron and brass. It is in a good working condition.  

Dutch 17th - 18th century fireplace basket or fire grate from the Louis XIV period. The fireplace grate is made of wrought iron. The condition is good. ...

17th-18th century French Louis XV fireplace tool set consisting of fireplace tongs and a shovel. The fire irons are made of wrought iron. They are in a good condition and are fully f...

17th- 18th century Dutch fireplace crane made of wrought iron. The crane is still functional for cooking in the fireplace. This product has to be ship...

A large antique early 18th century fire grate for log burning. This unusual log grate is of satisfying proportions showcasing a simple style an...

Very nice and elegant small Dutch fire grate.

Kitchen hook with three hooks attached on a horizontal crossbar with engraved decoration and square and rectangular rings and bars, some of which have bee...

A large, rare and well used Dutch iron fire grate. These amazingly crafted grate are a pleasure to have in you hearth and ae perfect for a real large log fire. We have replaced th...

After a fireback once commissioned by Nicolas Fouquet, for his Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, this large iron fireback was cast in France during the late 1600s/early 1700s (the original was from 1661). Fouquet was a powerful financial advisor in the 17th century, with close ties to both Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin, as well as Louis XIV himself. At the young age of 19, Fouquet was appointed by Richelieu as “councilor of the Parliament of Metz”, an important city in northeast France. Fouquet would eventually rise to become Superintendent of Finances (Surintendant des finances) of France until he was imprisoned by Louis XIV in 1661 (Fouquet’s extravagant displays of wealth conflicted with the heavy debt incurred by the crown, causing Louis XIV to believe that Fouquet was embezzling). Interestingly, Fouquet was arrested unsuspectingly by d’Artagnan, who would later be fictionalized in the Alexandre Dumas novel, Les Trois Mousquetaires (known in English as The Three Musketeers). Our large and thick fireback features military and musical motifs flanking an oval coat of arms medallion. The overall shape of the fireback is rectangular, with an arched top that is filled by an open crown that tops the heraldic display, which consists of a banded husked wreath surrounding four scrolled “F’s” that are pierced by an arrow. There is a crinkled ribbon at the bottom that folds over the wreath and trails down below. On the right side of the medallion is a five-string lyre in front of laurel and acanthus leaves. To the left of the coat of arms is a crested helmet over a sword sheath...

An impressive and very unsual late 18th century wrought iron firegrate, with shaped front and back with strapwork, supported on pair of polished wrought iron firedogs. The fret of S-...