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Facing for a firedog with the monogram of Prince William III
Also titled Voorstuk van een vuurbok met monogram van prins Willem III
c. 1690 - c. 1700
- Medium
- earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification
- vuurbok
- Dimensions
- height 32 cm x width 29 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Firedogs, or andirons, were used to stack logs in an open fireplace. They were often fitted with a decorative facing. This exceptionally sumptuous example is Baroque in form and ornamented with the arms of Stadtholder William III. In Het Loo Palace there was also a Delftware firedog for William’s consort, Mary.
