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Fire dogs probably used in a cottage or farmhouse. Used for supporting logs on the fire to stop them rolling outwards.
This pair of steel fire dogs was probably used in a cottage or farmhouse. Firedogs were used for supporting large logs on the fire to stop them rolling outwards, and smaller ones like these were used to support the burning embers and to provide ventilation.

1 pair of fire dogs: metal (steel); good condition- one has been repaired at some point with extra bar of metal

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Nothing is known of the origin of these dogs. They are of the type known as BRAND DOGS, DOG IRONS, CHENETS, or CREEPERS, small dogs used for supporting the burning embers. They gave the necessary ventilation to the fire by preventing the fuel from subsiding into a heap and also prevented it from falling outwards on to the floor. // They are simple in design and were probably used in a cottage or farmhouse. They are made of steel and are comparatively modern. They consist of a horizontal bar 7.25 inches long and 5.8 inches from the ground, curving down at the back to form a foot, and joined at the front to an upright with two feet and an ornamental top, oval in shape. This upright is 12 inches in height. The horizontal bar bends over at the front at a right angle and fits into a socket on the inside of the upright, secured by two nuts and bolts. The bar of one of the dogs has been broken at some time and it has been mended by a separate right angle of metal, which is rivetted to the top of the bar, and fastened to the upright in the same way as in the other dog. // See also 51/395.', Lavinia Smith No. 204., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 204. A pair of steel fire dogs', Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 58 // Fire Dogs // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life'

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)