COTSWOLD SCHOOL
PAIR OF FIRE DOGS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
wrought iron and polished steel (2)
42.5cm high, 42cm deep (16 ¾in high, 16 ½in deep) 
Bonham's London, 30 May 2007, lot 11Hugo Burge Collection, being sold to support the Hugo Burge Foundation
Literature: Lethaby, W. R., Powell, Alfred H., Griggs, F.L. Ernest Gimson; His Life & Work, London 1924, pl. 43Leigh, R and Chinn, T. Drawn to Design: The work of Sir Gordon Russell, The Gordon Russell Trust 2013, pp. 36 and 37The oak leaf decoration on these fire dogs was a familiar motif, used by Cotswold designers such as Ernest Gimson and Gordon Russell, and reflects the inspiration designers found in nature and the English countryside.