The Jerold D. Krouse Collection: Masterpieces from America & Ireland | November 11, 2025
Tue, Nov 11, 2025 10:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 24
Fine Pair of Philadelphia Chippendale Andirons, Attributed to Daniel King
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for
$13,000
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $3,000 | $250 |
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Philadelphia, probably Daniel King (1731-1806) or Daniel King, Jr. (1757-1836), 1760-1800, urn and flame finial over fluted tapered columns, spurred legs and ball and claw feet, 26 x 15-1/4 x 22 in.
Provenance: By descent in the Crosby family, Maine; Donald R. Sack American Antiques, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, sold Christie's New York, January 28, 1995, lot 1080; Christie's New York, January 16, 2003, lot 295; Alan Miller (with copy of receipt); The Jerold Krouse Collection
Note: A very closely related pair of andirons bearing the signature of Daniel King are in the collections of the Winterthur Museum. See Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America, catalog no. 54. The pair offered here have the additional detail of the flame finial at the top of the urns.
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By descent in the Crosby family, Maine; Donald R. Sack American Antiques, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, sold Christie's New York, January 28, 1995, lot 1080; Christie's New York, January 16, 2003, lot 295; Alan Miller (with copy of receipt); The Jerold Krouse Collection
one with area of loss to lower molding on plinth, other scattered small gaps and losses at some seams and joints, expected surface wear and polish residue, distress to brass caps on front of billet bars
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