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Stove Front (& Tile Surround)

Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
(1827-81)
Manufactured by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards
(1826-1955)


Brass and cast iron, with painted earthenware; the wooden frame of later date
43 1/4 in (109.8 cm) x 30 1/2 in (77.5 cm) - overall dimensions, including tile surround
English (Norwich), circa 1877


The stove front is the first of many such designs supplied by Jeckyll to Barnard, Bishop and Barnards.


It was registered on 24 November 1873 as ‘Class 1. Design for ‘Stove Front’ by Barnard, Bishop & Barnards, of Norfolk Iron Works, Norwich ...’ (see Susan Weber Soros and Catherine Arbuthnott, Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer, 1827-81, New Haven and London, 2003, p. 212).


The same design was also available in cast iron.


The hand-painted tiles, which have always been with the stove front, are signed and dated ‘18JCW77’ (on proper right plinth) and ‘JCW 77’ (on proper left plinth).


It is largely on the basis of Jeckyll’s metalwork that his reputation survived into the twentieth century.


In addition to stove fronts, he designed jardinieres, sconces, andirons, fenders benches and so on. His most famous creation was Barnard, Bishop and Barnards’ Japanese pavilion for the Philadelphia Centennial, 1876 (see Soros and Arbuthnott, op. cit., pp. 201-39).

 

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