Fire Steel

Germany

First half of the 19th cenutry

  • Titles Fire Steel (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (2.4 × 6.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Garbáty, 1962.136
  • Work Type fire steel
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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The egg cup has a waisted form that extends upward and flares out, in, and out again to form the lip of the cup. The cups are glazed and shift in color from a light brown to a dark brown. The egg cups are decorated with irregular lines (either dark or light brown) that extend horizontally around the form. The egg cups have a flat lip. The interiors of the cup are also glazed and feature similar horizontal lines that correspond in placement with the exterior. The bottom of the base is unglazed off-white stoneware.
The figure of a mustached Doctor Boloardo standing on a small white base, his knees bent and his right leg thrust forward, his hands at waist, wearing red knee breeches, white stockings and black shoes, his puce-colored coat with gilt buttons and details, a large white ruffled collar rests upon his gray cloak with yellow lining, he wears a large black hat over a blue skullcap
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a so-called "Mansion House Dwarf" or "Dwarf Crier" standing in full figure on a round, grassy base and wearing black shoes with pink ribbons, a striped pantaloons with floral doublet and pink sleeves, with gilded highlights, holding a staff in his left hand, with large brown mustache and wearing a tall conical hat with narrow brim highlighted in gold and with a black ribbon, the top of the hat has a piece of newsprint with advertisements.
Cast iron plate with a wide, pierced outer border of scrolling foliage and swans, the well with a central sunflower surrounded by larger petal-like motifs