A pair of Arts and Crafts cast iron and brass mounted andirons, early 20th century, in the manner of work by Ernest William Gimson and Alfred Bucknell, the double brass disc finials pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, above recessed necks and twin rectangular feet inset with further conforming scrollwork, 67cm high, 29cm wide, 58cm deep The present andirons take their inspiration from 17th century models at Haddon Hall, which became popular with designers after it had been published in Richard Bridgens' Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration, in 1838. A pair dated circa 1670 was also illustrated in Gentle and Field, English Domestic Brass, London, 1975, fig.139. The model was most famously reimagined by Leicester-born architect and designer Ernest Gimson, who is known to have seen and sketched the Haddon Hall andirons in 1889. Gimson's designs were mostly manufactured by his associate, blacksmith Alfred Bucknell. The engraved foliage and particularly the substantial rectangular feet are very similar to the pair Gimson designed for Daneway House, Sapperton. Similar examples were also sold at Christie's New York, The Maurice and Margo Cohen Collection of Decorative Arts, 11 June 1999, lot 399. Similar andirons were also designed by the Artificers Guild during the early years of the 20th century.