Lot 045 - Antique Iron Figural Fire Tool or Hearth Implement Fragment, Cast Human Figure Terminal, Heavy Rust Throughout, 17-3/4" L

Lot 045 - Antique Iron Figural Fire Tool or Hearth Implement Fragment, Cast Human Figure Terminal, Heavy Rust Throughout, 17-3/4" LAn antique iron implement consisting of a long tapering rod terminating at the upper end in a cast figural finial depicting a human form with outstretched arms and a modeled face. The figure has an open, pierced torso. The lower end of the rod tapers to a point. The function of the object is not certain; the construction and form are consistent with a hearth tool such as a toasting fork, ember rake, or similar fireplace implement, or possibly a

Pre-Auction Notes: various wear and losses throughout

Pre-Auction Notes: This light bulb has not been tested and is not guaranteed to function

but still legible in most placed

ink writing on verso

Includes attached interior bookmark reading “Here is Where I Fell Asleep

It is missing its mounting post

Traveling apothecary kits such as this were produced in the late 19th to early 20th century for physicians and homeopathic practitioners

Boston Store

and a major figure in the Neo Renaissance movement in Southern Germany

and faint surface scuffing

indicted October 5

and spine covering detached but still connected to the back cover by a flap