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Pair of Firedogs

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Date: about 1735
Medium: Gilt bronze
Culture: French
Department: Decorative Arts
Institution: Getty Museum

Designed to hold logs, firedogs or *chenets* take their name from the French word for a small dog. Pairs of firedogs were placed inside the fireplace, their gilt bronze decoration concealing wrought-iron bars that supported the burning wood. These firedogs may symbolize warfare on land and sea. One is modeled with "Turkish" arms, including a crested turban and armor resting on a cannon, anchor, and boar's head. The other one, molded in the "classical" manner, is composed of a plumed helmet and armor resting on a bombard, quiver, and ram's head.

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