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Old 10th January 2010, 07:00 PM   #4
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Hi Colin,

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Originally Posted by colin henshaw
I'll have a guess - maybe part of 19th century brass fire-place equipment/furniture, a firedog component - should be the other way up ?
Hmmmm ... Not a bad approach, no sir !
Specially the inversion of it; hence becoming a leg, instead of a head.
Why not? It looks rather balanced.
But then, it must have been out of use for long time; the patina looks regular, where it should be worn by the ground.


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