Help ID Brass Devices-Andirons?

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Lew Fisher, Jul 7, 2025.

  1. Lew Fisher

    Lew Fisher Well-Known Member

    Hi Folks-
    May I pick your brains once again? What are these brass devices? They're a pair. Heavy, measuring approximately 7-1/2" by 6-1/2" by 5-1/2". No identifying marks. They don't look like andirons I know but some research shows some different designs from the usual. Anybody know? Thanks a lot. DSCN9763.JPG DSCN9764.JPG DSCN9765.JPG DSCN9766.JPG DSCN9767.JPG
     
  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    whatever they r , they're nice !!!!!
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    No idea, but they're sweet. Fire dogs of some kind?
     
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  4. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    I doubt they're fire-dogs...or otherwise meant to suffer flame. If the pair in the first pic were place-changed, so the space between were high side to high side, they would be able to support a modest pile of small firewood stacked into that space.
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I'm liking fire dogs.....!:p
     
  6. Red6

    Red6 Active Member

    They could be fire iron rests.
     
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  7. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Have any of you seen brass used IN a fireplace, where it's subjected to the intense heat of burning wood (or coal)?

    I haven't...an' I've been using wood for heating my home for almost 50 years.
    Brass won't take that oxidizing heat...it will deteriorate rapidly an' irrevocably.
    Brass Fire Dogs? Ain't no such thing!
     
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  8. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    What are fire iron rests?
     
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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  10. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Ah! Got it, Komo...thanks!
     
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