. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. led and a fountain with a leadcistern. Decorative gates certainly existed in England beforethe reign of William and Mary, but their designs and treatmentare but obscurely known. Sussex, though once containing the great majority of ironfurnaces and mills, is almost destitute of fine old gates. Ironfounders, puddlers, mill-hands and smelters do not meddle withsmithing, and a black country is the district in which finelywrought and artistic ironwork need not be looke
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. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. led and a fountain with a leadcistern. Decorative gates certainly existed in England beforethe reign of William and Mary, but their designs and treatmentare but obscurely known. Sussex, though once containing the great majority of ironfurnaces and mills, is almost destitute of fine old gates. Ironfounders, puddlers, mill-hands and smelters do not meddle withsmithing, and a black country is the district in which finelywrought and artistic ironwork need not be looked for. It seemsthat no wrought-iron work was produced in the Wedld until thesmelters were deserting it, when some few workers in iron, clingingto their rural homes, eked out a livelihood for a time by forgingsimple objects, such as candlesticks and other articles of generalutility, which could be disposed of locally, or producing smalldecorative works in cast iron, such as. vases or fire-backs. Theancient gates at Groombridge and Cowdray (Figs. 5, 8 and 9)have been noticed. At Ashburnham House (Plate lviii) is an Plate LVIII..