A very good & heavy Victorian brass fireside foot-man or trivet. Beautifully decorated on all sides including the top with various designs including Celtic knots and pin-wheels.

Wales or Northern England circa 1880

14½” wide x 15” deep x 12” high / 36.8cm wide x 38cm deep x 30.5cm high

£550 sold

Brass footmans and similar items of folk art such as trivets and mantel ornaments were often made from waste metal and brass in foundry workshops.

Further reading – Peoples Art working class art from 1750 to the
present day by Emmanuel Cooper Mainstream Publishing 1994.