Rare Antique Victorian Cast Iron & Bronze Mounted Fireplace Mounts Walter Scott

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Rare Antique Victorian Cast Iron & Bronze Mounted Fireplace Mounts Walter Scott:
$313.68

For sale is this Pair of Rare Antique Victorian Cast Iron & Bronze Mounted Figural Fireplace Mounts.The items measure 33cm tall with the bases measuring 12.5cm long and 6cm deep.The figure measures 17cm tall.The plinth is made of cast iron with the bottom section decorated with a classical scene to three sides.The upper part of the plinth has a floral and thistle decorated panel bearing the makers name Harvey & Co, Hayle.
The figure of a Gentleman is cast in Bronze with his arm resting on a plinth and holding a scroll or newspaper which is marked Waverlay. The plinth is decorated with vine and a coat of arms. I believe that after researching that the figure depicted is that of Walter Scott who wrote the Waverlay Novel that is titled on the book that he is holding.
In their day these items would have been used as fireplace decorations but these days can have a multitude of uses as perhaps doorstops or bookends as pictured - books not included.
Total weight of this pair is 5.5 kg.
John Harvey was a Cornishman whose career started as a Blacksmith and Engineer at Carnhell Green near Hayle in West Cornwall. In 1779 he established a foundry and engineering works at Hayle called Harvey & Co.By 1800 the Company employed more than 50 people and continued to grow as Harvey worked with many of the great Cornish engineers and entrepreneurs of the day. Harvey\'s produced a range of products and had a reputation for world class stationary beam engines designed to pump water out of the deep Cornish tin and copper mines.The engineering works and foundry were closed in 1903, continued to trade as general builders merchants eventually merging with UBM to become Harvey-UBM in 1969.
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