Alfred BUCKNELL after Ernest GIMSON (1864-1919). Pair of andirons and fireplace set in steel and engraved openwork brass, including ash shovel, log tongs, broom and poker. England, early 20th century. Height Height : 88 cm Note: Ernest Gimson (1864-1919) was one of the most influential English architects of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around 1900, he began designing metal pieces and took an interest in the work of his craftsman Alfred Bucknell, the son of a blacksmith. From 1903, they worked together in Sapperton, making furniture fittings, latches and andirons. On Gimson's death, Alfred Bucknell set up on his own as a wheelwright and blacksmith in Waterlane, continuing to create masterful metalwork in the same tradition. Related work : - A close copy is kept in London, at the Victoria and Albert Museum. CIRC.314 to C-1961. - another is reproduced in "The Arts and Crafts Movement" by Oscar Lowell Triggs, page 57.