There, upon entering, PCs Conway, Price, Hitchener, Telford and others were "brutally handled in an upstairs room, the furniture having been broken up by a ruthless mob", who "with the ends of bedposts, chair legs and
fire irons committed a savage assault upon them".
"It's like someone comes to the front door and says, come on in to my house and have a look around." They list featherbeds, high beds, low beds, folding beds, cupboards and chairs,
fire irons and spits.
Averitable batterie of copper jelly moulds will tempt bigger money, with individuals estimated at pounds 800-pounds 1,200, while anyone seeking fireplace furniture for a grand Georgian townhouse or country seat has a large choice of fenders,
fire irons, trivets and grates.
In the front room, the parlour, was a brocade-covered three piece, the christening table, a brass fender with high stepping horses, and a fire screen with brass
fire irons. Two sets of prints of the work of Canova on the walls and, later, he thought he knew what had attracted her to the classicism of Canova.
Suddenly came a clatter from outside so loud it's a wonder the blue rinses didn't have heart attacks - not to mention me - followed by a not very Henley-on-Thames expletive from my son who, poking about in the doorway had inadvertently knocked a bowler hat off a head on a plinth thus sending a collection of brass
fire irons cascading into the street.
I loved the artistic side of it and I got stuck into making gates, fences,
fire irons and the like.
Perhaps the best is two men banging trays and
fire irons together.
There are also some magnificent fire surrounds and grates - add
fire irons to create a really 19th Century feel.
Now he works one day a week as a volunteer blacksmith creating fancy ram's head
fire irons, chain links and other works at the Bowes Railway at Springwell, Washington.
In 1627 only two rooms, the kitchen and the best chamber, contained
fire irons compared with six rooms in 1648, but Hiccox's inventory was made in July when
fire irons would only be needed for cooking and those that would be used in winter may well have been included in the final item of the inventory - `all other implementees of any kind not p(ar)ticularly specified or by us not valued_____[xx.sup.s]'.
A veritable batterie de cuisine of copper jelly moulds will tempt bigger money, with individuals estimated at pounds 800-1,200, while anyone seeking fireplace furniture for a grand Georgian townhouse or country seat has a large choice of fenders,
fire irons, trivets and grates.
That was after you'd done an hour of preparation, which included cleaning lamps, water gauge, detonators and spanners, pick and shovel and
fire irons.