Posted 5 months ago
jscott0363
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Hello everyone!!
You probably saw the Tweedledee and Tweedledum andirons, from Lewis Carroll's 1865 Alice In Wonderland novel, I recently posted. Well, here are another set of andirons from a Lewis Carroll novel. These are smaller than any of my other andirons and may have been used in a smaller fireplace. Perhaps a child's bedroom during the late 19th century.
"The Walrus And Carpenter" are from a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll, which appeared in his 1871 novel "Through The Looking Glass". These andirons are made of bronze, but the horizontal shanks are cast iron, of course. I'm told these are from the later part of the 19th century. They measure 16 3/4" tall and 16 1/2" long with shanks connected. I haven't weighed them, but they're quite heavy.
Thanks very much for taking time to stop in for a look!!
Scott
For those unfamiliar with "The Walrus And The Carpenter" , here's a link to that poem.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43914/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter-56d222cbc80a9
Beautiful Walrus & Carpenter andirons they are so evocative of the characters, Lewis Carroll had such a fantastic imagination
Jenni,
Thank you!! Yes, they really are. Even the Carpenters' tears are detailed.
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