Van der Doort c.1639

Pair of andirons, iron adorned with silver partly gilded, which have been here since the time of Henry VIII

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 74, № 4
Provenance: 
here since Henry VIII's time
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
inherited
Hang notes: 
in the chimney
Location: 
Room description extended: 
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery; index or catalogue of implements and other things; implements left in the Chair Room when the King himself delivered the keys to van der Doort; concerning the keys to the cupboard they were not delivered to
Original Manuscript page number: 
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 21
Identification certainty: 
Unknown