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Andirons For Sale
Very Fine Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze chenets (andirons), each with a scrolled design raised with plinths, Paris, circa 1880-1890.
Measures: Length: 1...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
English Serpentine Chased Foliage Fire Fender with Flanking Bird & Serpent, 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
English serpentine hand chased foliage fire fender with molded edges and decorative flanking chased bird and serpent motif, Mid 18th century.
Category
1760s English George II Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Adam Brass Corinthian Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Adam-style (19/20th Century) brass andirons with column design and Corinthian capital surmounted with urn with flame finial. (PRI...
Category
19th Century Adam Style Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron, Brass
American Wrought Iron Faceted Lemon Finial Andirons w/ Scrolled Plinths, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American wrought iron faceted lemon finial andirons with central squared tapered columns, flanking scrolled banded plinths, curvature dog legs, and resting on double column block feet...
Category
1820s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Andirons with Hammered Texture and Cannonball Crown
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Handsome pair of mid-20th Century hammered texture andirons. The andirons are in traditional form with the hourglass body balanced on elegantly curved legs. A round cannonball shape ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Iron
Pair of French 1950s Modernist Cast Iron Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modernist cast iron andirons.
France, 1950s.
Dimensions: 10 W x 16 H x 17 D.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons
Materials
Iron
American Brass Urn Finial & Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Screen, Phil. C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass urn finial and artistic wire work fire place screen, Philadelphia, Early 19th Century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of American Bell Brass Lemon Finial Andirons with Matching Log Stops C 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American bell brass lemon finial andirons with circular ringed plinths, spur legs, matching log stops, wrought iron dog legs, and resting on original slipper feet. Boston, MA...
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
American Artistic Wire and Brass Gallery Diminutive Fire Place Fender , C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American diminutive complex artistic wire work and brass rail gallery fire place fender with centered wrought iron supports and base. Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire
Pair of Antique French Bronze Chenets “Aux Dauphins” Circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
This rare pair of French bronze andirons is from the period of Louis XIV (1643-1715), which in France, was the period that the andiron reached its greatest artistic development. The ...
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Metal
English Brass & Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Fender with Stylized Paw Feet 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and artistic wire work fire place fender with the original stylized lions paw feet, Early 19th century.
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Modernist Art Glass and Brass Andirons with Log Holder circa 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Modernist brass fireplace andirons with egg-shaped art glass sculptures, circa 1970. Includes optional iron log holder.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
1950's Brass and glass andirons in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Brass and glass balls andirons in the style of Jacques Adnet
France
One little chip in the bottom of one ball who doesn't affect anything
Category
1950s French Vintage Andirons
Materials
Brass
Pair of American Wrought Iron & Brass Urn Final Andirons with Penny Feet, C 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American wrought iron and brass andirons with flanking urn finials, decorative scroll work, squared circular plinths with spit hooks, matching scrolled legs, and resting on t...
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of Arts & Crafts Brass, Iron and Copper Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual with brass post and curved legs with copper and brass detail.
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Large Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Hand Wrought Black Iron Andirons
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Large Aesthetic Movement Hand Wrought Black Iron Andirons 28” Tall By 22” deep and 16” wide. Each andiron is one piece. Great condition with just s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of English Brass Spiral Ball Andirons with Flanking Lion & Pegasus. C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English brass spiral ball on ball andirons with bulbous urn finials, squared plinths with centered mask lions, matching brass ball log stops with...
Category
1840s English William IV Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of English Brass Intertwined Dolphin Andirons with Flame Finials. C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English brass intertwined dolphin andirons with flanking flame finials, matching urn finial log stops, original cast iron dog legs, and terminati...
Category
1830s English George IV Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of American Wrought Iron and Faux Painted Bronze Foliage Andirons, C. 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American wrought iron and faux painted bronze andirons with flanking foliage finials, spiral and ringed centered columns, squared foliage plinths, matching rear dog legs, an...
Category
1890s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Brass Empire Andirons with Pierced Galleries, Phila, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Important size American brass Empire andirons with faceted ribbed finials, turned ringed centered columns, faceted ribbed plinths, flanking pierced scrolled galleries, matchi...
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
French Wrought Iron Fire Place Guard with Flanking Candle Holders, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French wrought iron fire place guard with flanking candleholders, spiral columns, scrolled flanking spades with a centered flu-de-lee, two faceted decorative spikes, and terminating ...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Louis XVI Style '19th Century' Bronze Doré Urn and Festoon Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style '19th Century' bronze doré urn and festoon andirons with small urn at one end with ring handles.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of American Mission Monumental Wrought Iron Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Mission-style (19/20th Century) monumental wrought iron andirons with basket tops and a detachable swivel kettle holder. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century American Mission Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
American Brass Swag & Pleasing Wire Work Hinged Fire Place Screen, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass swag & pleasing wire work fire place screen with flanking hinged side panels, late 18th century
24" tall / 32" wide in middle / 15" deep e...
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of American Queens Metal Urn Finial Andirons, Philadelphia, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American Queens metal urn on urn finial andirons with turned bulbous plinths, matching log stops, and terminating on spur legs with slipper feet.
Last quarter of 18th Cent...
Category
1770s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Wrought Iron Scrolled Finial Andirons with Cross Bar, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American wrought iron flanking scrolled finial andirons with centered spiraled columns, scrolled plinths, decorative spiraled scrolled cross bar, and resting on matching scro...
Category
1840s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze andirons with a lyre centered between two acorn finials (with a double iron shank) (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Materials
Gold Leaf, Bronze, Iron
American Serpentine Brass Finial & Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Boston C 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
American serpentine brass ball finial and artistic wire work fire place fender, Boston, MA. Early 19th Century.
Category
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of Arts & Crafts Andirons in the Style of Ernest Gimson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of outstanding, Arts & Crafts, hand-forged, nickel-plated iron andirons with bronze blossom motifs in the style of Earnest Gimson, Cotwold School.
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Hollywood Regency Crystal & Chrome "H" Fireplace Andirons, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hollywood Regency crystal & chrome "H" Fireplace Andirons, pair featuring iron core holding chromed steel prices and crystal accents.
Circa 1930.
Category
1930s American Vintage Andirons
Materials
Chrome
American Brass and Flanking Foliage Finial Rope Fire Place Fender, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and flanking decorative foliage finial oval rope fire place fender with a chased molded edge base, early 19th century.
Category
1820s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of Italian Wrought Fire Dogs with Pomegranate Finials
Located in London, GB
A pair of Italian wrought fire dogs with brass pomegranate finials. The brass finials sit over wrought uprights on scrolled supports with wedge-pin locking all elements in position. ...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Other Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Sculptural Bronze Andirons from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sculptural pair of polished bronze andirons made from conjoined flaring and twisting narrow planes of bronze attached to a blackened iron base.
Category
20th Century American Andirons
Materials
Metal
American Brass and Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Screen with Orig Hooks, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and artistic wire work fire place screen with original flanking rear hooks for securing to fire place surround, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of 19th Century Ornate Brass Fireplace Andirons
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of 19th century ornate brass fireplace andirons in the Baroque manner. The two openwork spheres set over plinthed scrolled supports with central cartouche. Flame finials ...
Category
1890s English Baroque Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Wrought Iron and Brass Ball Top Goose Neck Andirons, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American wrought iron and brass ball top goose neck andirons with decorative spiral rings, tapered plinths, matching log stops and terminating on stylized penny feet, Early 19th Cent...
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
American Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Serpentine Fire Place Screen, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American serpentine fire place screen with a brass rail top, three centered brass urn finials, and pleasing artistic scrolled wire work. Early 19th century, Philadelphia.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of American Federal Brass Flanking Urn Finial Engraved Andirons Phil C 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American Federal brass andirons with flanking urn finials, matching urn finial log stops, engraved swags on skirt, and resting on banded...
Category
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Anchor Andirons
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Pair of antique brass andirons in an anchor motif.
Category
1940s Vintage Andirons
Materials
Metal
Pair of American Brass Elongated Acorn Top Andirons, New York, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass elongated acorn top andirons with rare extra ball finials, turned ringed faceted plinths, and terminating on spur legs with b...
Category
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Brass & Onyx Flame Finial Andirons with Acanthus Feet, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass and onyx andirons with flanking flame finial Urns, Corinthian capitals, centered bulbous onyx columns, squared floral plinths, matching flame finial log stops,...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Brass Intertwined Dolphin & Ship Andirons. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass andirons with perched flanking ships, intertwined dolphins, matching finial log stops , and resting on rectangular plinths. Mid -19th Century.
Category
1840s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
"Early Pair of Andirons" Signed and Dated, Bradley & Hubbard, 1886, Made in USA
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pair of Andirons are made of cast wrought iron depicting the face of a roaring gargoyle with a, serpentine, detailed body. The stamp of B &H is on the back side along with the origin...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Andirons
Pair of American Brass Acorn Faceted Andirons, Philadelphia, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass acorn top finial andirons with turned faceted plinths, looped spur legs, and terminating on step back stylized penny feet, Early 19t...
Category
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Massive Pr. of Hand Forged Iron Andirons
Located in Water Mill, NY
Massive Pair of Hand Forged Early 20th Century Andirons with Removable Cross Bar -Hampton Location
Category
Early 20th Century American Andirons
American Brass Serpentine Acanthus Fire Fender, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass serpentine gallery acanthus fire fender with flanking decorative hand chased ball finials, centered shell flanked by floral vine motif, and terminating on scrolled aca...
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Pair of English Wrought Iron and Brass Melon Top Andirons, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English wrought iron and brass melon top andirons with hand chased finials, flanking spit hooks, matching ball log stops, and terminating on decorative scrolled stylized legs...
Category
1820s English George III Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Wrought Iron and Brass Acanthus Andirons, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian wrought iron and brass andirons with acorn and urn top final, chased acanthus tapered plinths, matching log stops, spit hooks, and terminating on stylized clover feet...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Andirons
Pair of American Polished Steel & Brass Dolphin Ship Andirons, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American polished steel and brass andirons with flanking oval ship medallion finials resting on a floral motif, flanking intertwined dolphins, and terminating on decorative s...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Steel
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with bulbous ringed brass ball finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work, Philadelphia, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire
Pair of Renaissance Bronze Figure Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) bronze andirons with a classical figure holding urn with flame above his head all supported on a double griffin base (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English Brass & Wrought Iron Flanking Medallion Griffon Andirons C 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English brass & wrought iron flanking medallion and griffon fire place andirons, early 19th century.
Category
1830s English George IV Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Wrought Iron Floral Medallion Andirons 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of wrought iron floral medallion andirons with decorative rope rings on squared plinths, and terminating on scrolled legs. 20th Century
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Andirons
Mid-Century Donald Deskey Brass Blade Andirons by Bennett
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning pair of modernist andirons by legendary designer Donald Deskey. They were made by Bennett in the United States, circa 1950. The andirons are polished brass with an amorphi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Elegant Mid-19th Century Stamped Gilt Bronze Andirons, France, Around 1850
Located in Brussels, BE
Fine gilt bronze andirons both stamped "Sechers -Castelle" and the number 754.
France around 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1960's Andirons
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1960's polished abstract metal andirons
France.
Category
1960s French Vintage Andirons
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Brass and Wrought Iron Floral Andirions, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian brass floral acanthus and rope motif ball top andirons with wrought iron twisted column, acanthus centered plinths, pleasing decorative scroll work and terminating on...
Category
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Andirons
Pair of American Bronze Figural and Ball Top Flame Finial Andirons, N.Y. C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American bronze and brass ball top andirons with hand chased beading, bossing, foliage, and flanking flame finials. The andirons have a stylized centered scrolled foliage urn...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Wrought Iron
Antique and Vintage Andirons
A set of antique or vintage andirons is a staple accessory, part of the fireplace tools you’ll want to collect for keeping a neat and elegant fireplace in your home.
Using andirons in a fireplace elevates the fire, ensuring more air can get to the logs thus keeping a fire burning longer. Andirons also encourage ventilation and may also prevent smoke from working its way into your living room or bedroom.
Think of these accessories as part of an upright metal support system to optimize your fire. Antique andirons are basically u-shaped brackets with a curved end that come in pairs and are largely quite simple in structure, but the design of this household necessity has improved over time. Outwardly decorative andirons have become available since their debut because one should never underestimate the style quotient of an attractive hearth.
Andirons, which earned the nickname “firedogs” given their similarity in form to a pair of upright canines, are believed to be the oldest fireplace furnishings. They have been used broadly since at least the late Iron Age. Before iron became the material of choice, stone andirons did a suitable job of balancing the logs in a fire and adding a sense of symmetry to the hearth. Fire baskets, like the combination of andirons and a grate, afforded an opportunity to layer logs in a fire rather than delicately stacking them on andirons.
Today, andirons can be found in bronze and brass, too, which contrast wonderfully with a mantel carved from dark marble, for example, and add dimension to what might otherwise be a subdued space. And while people aren’t cooking in the fireplace anymore, andirons’ spit hooks offered an opportunity to roast meat or rest the pokers that you typically would’ve kept fireside.
During the Renaissance, andirons became especially ornate and even figurative, taking on human forms as well as marine life such as dolphins. Art Deco–era andirons are particularly exquisite. While the accessories are frequently characterized by rich geometric angles and sculptural curves, attributes that we know of most Art Deco furniture, artisans of the period also looked to what was by then a long tradition of designing andirons in the shape of animals and reptiles.
Adding fashionable antique or vintage andirons will not only improve the quality of a fire but can also elevate your space as well as the fireside experience. Find modern andirons, Art Nouveau andirons and other varieties today on 1stDibs.