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How To Buy 
Fireplace 
F ixtures 
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Andirons reproduced from a pair at 
Haddon Hall. The pattern retains the 
charm of the historical original 
To return to the grate, another de¬ 
velopment was along more simple lines. 
With the advent of coal, the large fire¬ 
places heretofore used weie no longer 
necessary or desirable, so in order to 
make them narrower, hobs of stone were 
built in on each side, between which 
were set wrought iron bars. Cast iron 
superseded stone for the hobs and hence 
the origin of the hob grate. Very fine 
castings were made during the last quar¬ 
ter of the 18th Century and the Broth¬ 
ers Adam employed this material con¬ 
siderably, it being a medium in which 
it was possible readily to carry out on 
the grate fronts the decorative motifs 
of which they made use, such as the 
honeysuckle, medallion, garland and 
other forms, to harmonize with the man¬ 
tel and the general scheme of design. 
The fronts were generally of three 
distinct shapes, double ogee, rectangular 
and double semi-circle. Some were fur¬ 
ther embellished with brass or steel 
aprons in foliated or conventional pat¬ 
terns. 
Hob Grates Today 
The bob grate is ideal for use in a 
bedroom. Its small firebasket holds 
just sufficient cannel coal to burn for 
several hours without attention, yet 
quickly gives the desired amount of 
warmth. They are best when framed 
in the more or less simple English 18th 
Century type of wood mantelpiece, as 
these provide sufficient height above the 
hobs without being too wide. 
Good reproductions of hob grates, cast 
in moulds made from old originals, can 
readily be bought here, or with the ex¬ 
penditure of a little time in the search, 
the originals themselves are to be se¬ 
cured by those who cherish the antique, 
with the additional advantage of cost¬ 
ing perhaps less than a modern copy. 
Fenders 
All the old fireplaces had large chim¬ 
neys and it was in order to prevent 
smoking when these were used for coal, 
that the register grate was devised. This 
is a hob grate with the addition of a 
steel or brass frame around the outer 
edge supporting a damper or register, 
to control the draught. 
A steel or brass fender will, with a 
set of tools—poker, shovel and tongs— 
complete the furnishing of such a fire¬ 
place. Aside from its appearance, the 
fender is as necessary an adjunct to the 
coal fire as a screen is to catch the 
sparks from burning logs. Low stone 
curbs were the first form, later giving 
place to brass and steel. Many beau¬ 
tiful designs are found in the old fender. 
Pierced, engraved, embossed, some with 
faceted rivets, some serpentine in shape 
without ends—the type usually used with 
the dog grate—others with bottom 
plates, the latter as a rule being also 
provided with low feet of ball or claw 
pattern. 
The heavier type of fenders, that is 
those with plates, frequently have sup¬ 
ports at each end for standards to hold 
the fire-tools, but where there is room 
on the front hearth, a pair of rests to 
stand on each side of the grate can be 
used for this purpose. These are fash¬ 
ioned somewhat like miniature and¬ 
irons, 10" to 12" high, and come in a 
number of quaint and interesting shapes 
of brass and polished steel or a combi¬ 
nation of both metals. These rests hold 
the tools where they are handy for use. 
An early 18 th Century hob grate 
shown in a mantel of English propor¬ 
tions. Mott B. Schmidt, architect 
