# Facing for a firedog with the monogram of Prince William III

- By: De Metaale Pot
- Date: c. 1690 - c. 1700
- Medium: earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification: vuurbok
- Dimensions: height 32 cm x width 29 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-12400-94--5a32d6218adf3d3f456e447ca6e4821a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/bhXhp/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.