A RARE WROUGHT IRON FIRE SHOVEL DESIGNED BY JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) FOR BRANTWOOD AND MADE BY THE CO

A RARE WROUGHT IRON FIRE SHOVEL DESIGNED BY JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) FOR BRANTWOOD AND MADE BY THE CONISTON BLACKSMITH TOM BOWNESS (B. 1846/7) 69cm lProvenance: The local Antique Dealer Miss Elizabeth Tyson (1878-1970) of Busk House, Ambleside by whom acquired in person at the Sale of the remaining contents of Brantwood, Coniston, July 1931 or else shortly thereafter; thence by descent to the present vendor There are two examples of this shovel at Brantwood.