About 10 results for ‘Fire dog’
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Fire dog
Fire dog (also firedog) is a device of metal or ceramic intended to hold logs above the hearth (to improve air circulation for better burning), or to hold food skewers above the flames for cooking. Fire dogs have been in use for thousands of years by the Ancient Greeks, the Tudors and others, and were commonly used within living memory. "Fire dog," also moon idol or moon horn (German Mondhorn), also refers to an artifact type of late Bronze Age Europe (ca. 1300 to 800 BC), typically made of clay, found in the area of modern France, Switzerland and Germany, associated with the Urnfield culture. This naming suggests that moon idols could have been used as andirons to build up fire dogs. In some cases moon idols are apparently a cult item of Early European Religion, resembling a pair of horns or crescent moons on a pedestal, and was variously interpreted as testifying to Bull worship, Moon worship, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
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LA PETITE CENDRILLON (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ball (dance)
- Bellows
- Chimney
- Cinderella
- Clothing
- Fire
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LOU FOUGAU GOUMBERTES
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Bread
- Candlestick
- Chair
- Chandelier
- Fire dog
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Lettres d'un vieux païsan berrichon
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bellows
- Bonnet (headgear)
- Chair
- Chimney
- Clog (shoe)
- Dress
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Femme assise sur une chaise (Titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Intérieur avec grande cheminée (Titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
Le Singe et le Chat, IX, 17
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Cheminées et lambris à la mode
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chimney
- Dado (architecture)
- Fire dog
- Gate
- Vase
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Cheminées et lambris à la mode
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chimney
- Dado (architecture)
- Fire dog
- Fleuron (architectural)
- Gate
- Vase
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Marguerite Gérard
La lecture d'une lettre
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