/internal/media/dispatcher/786540/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAndironabout 1785Pierre-Philippe ThomireHeight of each andiron: 48.3 cm (19 in.)Gilt bronze, silver-plated copper plaque decorated with oil-based paint containing Prussian blue pigmentSwan Collection—Bequest of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol27.521.1-20A pair of andirons. Each comprising two goats with forelegs balancing on central urn and with grapes in their ouths; a thyrsus with pinecone finial extending vertically between them. The base decorated with gilt-bronze relief of cupids and grape vines against an enamel ground.Metalwork48.300000000050538301