LADY WITH SPANIEL pair of Cloak Pegs

LADY WITH SPANIEL (signed “H J”) pair of Cloak Pegs, (sometimes called “Cloak Pins”, “Screw Pegs” or “Mirror Rests”) Enamel on Copper, Brass & Iron ;
turned brass 1-1/2” long posts, terminating in 3/4” iron screws

Maker : Thomas Hands and William Jenkins, partners as “manufacturers of commode handles, cloak pins, picture frames, looking glasses, &c.”* for about a decade (1791-1805) in Birmingham, England.
*Ref : Fennimore, D. Metalwork in Early America. Winterthur, 1996. page 382.

Size : each diameter, enamel 1-1/2” (3.7 cm) sight,
in frame, 1-7/8” (4.7 cm) diameter

Length to wall 1-7/8”...and to end of original iron screw 2-5/8”

Condition : nice refined late 1700's construction, fine & original
# 2696 ..............................................SOLD