Lot 356
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A PAIR OF CAST IRON OWL ANDIRONS

ROSTAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1920

Details
A PAIR OF CAST IRON OWL ANDIRONS
Rostand Manufacturing Company, Milford, Connecticut, circa 1920
Each molded in the half-round depicting a seated owl with glass eyes and articulated ears, beak, body and tail with claw feet, on an arched twig support, stamped "407 E" on the reverse
15in. high (2)

Lot Essay

A 1921 trade catalogue of the Rostand Manufacturing Company, Brass and Iron Fireplace Fixtures (Milford, Connecticut, 1921), shows an identical pair of andirons under catalogue number 407 (p. 62), the same number stamped on the back of this pair. Listed at $10.00, the cast-iron andirons were one of the most expensive items offered on that page (Courtesy of the Winterthur Library Printed Book and Periodical Collection).