firetools
Art Deco Cast Aluminum, Bakelite and Steel Fire Tools
$2,400.00Vintage four-piece fire tool set including the shovel, brush, poker, and blow poke (ca. 1940s, USA). Stand is composed of a black weighted steel base and bakelite holder. All handles (stand and tools) are cast aluminum.
Good, vintage condition with paint losses to the silver steel along with general wear, as shown.
The brush is branded by the manufacturer, indicating that the bristles are white tampico.
The manufacturer of the set itself if unknown.
Holder alone measures: height 36.75″ x diameter: 7.5″
diameter with tools in place: 9″
Brutalist-Style Hammered and Painted Iron Fire Tools with Wall-Mounted Holder
$650.00Circa 1970s / 1980s fire tool set including poker, log holder, brush, and shovel with wall-mounted holder. Nice texture with hammered detail to the forged iron with gilt finish. Paint loss in places / patina from age use. Remains in good, vintage condition.
Early 20th Century Iron Fire Tool Set with Cast Brass Owl Form Handles
$1,800.00Cast iron and brass fireplace tools (ca. late 19th/early 20th Century, USA). Features a stand, log turner, poker, and shovel, all decorated with a forged owl-form cast brass handles.
Charming set in remarkable condition for its age – iron and brass shows patina/light wear with a minimal amount of rust present to the base. Additionally, there is a spot of loss to the tip of one of the owl’s ears, as shown.
H: 27″ x L: 9.5″ x D: 7″
Mid-Century Modern Decorative Forged Iron Firetools
$600.00Mexican forged iron firetools consisting of a shovel, poker, fork, and holder, circa 1970s. Firetool holder itself is ornate with a decorative foot and back including a partial design etched into the back of the ‘scroll’ portion of the holder. There are spots of patina throughout, but, overall, the set is in nice, vintage condition, with light wear consistent with use.
Etched ‘Mexico’ signature to the back.
H 30.5″ x W 19.5″ x D 14.5″
The tools alone are –
Shovel H: 23.5″ x L: 6″ x D: 1″
Fork H: 24.5″ x L: 5.5″ x D: 1″
Poker H: 22.5″ x L: 6.5″ x D: 1″
Mid-Century Modern Polished Brass and Iron Fireplace Tool Set by Donald Deskey
$2,000.00Vintage four-piece wrought iron fireplace tool set with asymmetrical brass ‘fin’ handles designed by Donald Deskey for the Bennett Company (ca. 1950s, USA).
Different versions of this design were executed – this example is one of the floor models including a cradle/holder with sleek tripod base supported by brass orb feet housing the shovel, brush, and poker/log turner.
Modernist design, visually striking and functional.
Very good, vintage condition with only minimal wear, as shown (light wear to iron elements and small, minor edge wear/light patina to brass fins). Brass has been newly polished.
Branded on the underside.
H: 33.75″ x L: 12.5″ x D: 8″
Height of holder – 28.5″
Mid-Century Modern Triangular Guitar Pick Form Fire Tool Set in Walnut and Iron
$1,200.00Hand forged iron fire tool set including holder, shovel, brush, and poker (ca. 1960s, USA).
Geometric design elements present – bent iron rod frame connecting a guitar pick-form base and corresponding cradle with tools boasting dense, triangular, walnut handles.
Modernist design, visually striking and functional.
Light wear present, as shown. Walnut has been refinished.
H: 29.5″ x L: 10″ x D: 9.38″
Holder alone – H: 24.75″
Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Brass Fireplace Tool Set in the Manner of Umanoff
$950.00Beautiful, minimal set of Mid-Century Modern fire tools and carrier with carved walnut handles and brass accents. Set is often attributed to Arthur Umanoff, but no supporting documentation has been identified.
Includes the tripod base carrier, poker, brush, and shovel.
The walnut has been conservatively refinished, but wear remain (marks/scuffs) along with tarnish to the unpolished brass. Overall, the set is in very good, vintage condition.
Dimensions with tools in holder – H: 34.75″ x L: 10.38″ x D: 10″
Mid-Century Modern Wrought Iron and Brass Firetools
$1,500.00Impressive modernist set including solid brass holder and four firetools in wrought iron with inset brass handles. Nice condition for its age with minor wear to the brass holder.
H: 30″ x W: 8″ x D: 8.5″
Condition Notes: Good. Minor wear (scuffs / scratches) to parts of the brass ‘column’ holder. One small spot of loss.
Pair of Gothic Revival Firedogs / Andirons with Basket Twist and Scroll Motif
$750.00Pair of Gothic Revival wrought iron andirons with basket twist finials and barley twist-style upright on scroll form bases, all attached to iron billet bars (ca. early 20th Century, USA).
Patina/wear to billet bars; otherwise, in very good, vintage condition.
H: 24.5″ x L: 21.75″ x D: 13.75″
Pair of Tall Arts and Crafts Hand Forged Iron Fireplace Andirons
$2,200.00Arts & Crafts-era andirons composed of scroll-clusters atop slender hammered uprights attached to iron billet bars (ca. mid-19th Century, USA).
Due to the hand-forged nature of the andirons, there are slight aesthetic and size disparities between the tops.
Very fine, vintage condition with patina/rust to the iron, as shown.
H: 21.63″ x L: 11.13″ x D: 19.88″
Vintage Cast Iron Perched Owl Andirons with Blue Green Glass Eyes
$1,400.00Pair of andirons (circa 1920s/30s, USA) composed of cast iron owls on arched branch uprights fitted to billet bars. The blown glass marble eyes (one blue and green, three green) are nicely contrasted by the dark brown cast iron.
Billet bars show rust/wear from age/use. The owls themselves are in excellent, restored condition. There are naturally occurring flaws (bubbles/spots) within the glass itself.
Measures: H: 15.5″ x L: 9.5″ x D: 16.5″
Vintage Patinated Brass Sculptural Andirons by Donald Deskey
$2,500.00Sculptural blade-form andirons designed by Donald Deskey (ca. 1959, USA).
Inspired by Samuel Gottscho’s 1939 “Trylon and Perisphere” exhibited at the 1939 World’s Fair, the bulbous, orb-form iron bases are contrasted by the sharp, streamlined blades/uprights.
Rich, natural patina to the unpolished brass along with light scuffing, as shown. Polishing will eradicate most of the wear.
H: 19.25″ x L: 8.5″ x D: 7.88″