Mark started his business in 1996, and his speciality is in 17th Century / 18th Century Antique Oak & Country Furniture, Antique Metalware, Antique Treen, Delftware, & Early English Pottery.
A former member of BADA from 2006 to 2019, Mark has exhibited at all the major English Antique Fairs, which have included the BADA Fair, The June & November Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Art Antiques London, held in a marquee in Kensington Gardens, and also the largest quality fair in the Midlands, the NEC "Antiques For Everyone" in Birmingham.
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Bedfordshire, UK
Antique Early Metalware 17th Century Cast Iron Down Hearth Grisset - English
REF: MS 8549 / LA581485
£495
€579
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Description
A rare chance to buy a 17th Century "down hearth" grisset....it is made of cast iron and stands on three short legs...the front legs shorter than the back to to tip the tallow forward....these small vessels were used by placing the tallow (animal fat) into the grisset and gently pushing up to the embers of the fire to melt the tallow...the rushes, which have been previously reduced in length.... dried and stripped of all the skin, apart from a small strip of skin for support are then drawn through the melted fat in the grisset to coat them....they are then dried and ready to use as replacements for candles. The grisset is in very good condition for its great age and use...
English circa 1670-1690
measurements
Height:
10.2 cm
Width:
21.6 cm
Depth:
24.9 cm
declaration
Mark Seabrook Antiques has clarified that the Antique Early Metalware 17th Century Cast Iron Down Hearth Grisset - English (LA581485) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being circa 1670-1690
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Period:
Material:
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1670-1690
location
This Antique Early Metalware 17th Century Cast Iron Down Hearth Grisset - English is located in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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