Possible Clues:

• 'Sounds ingrate, perhaps - metal, too (7)'
• Article on Rodin's mongrel dog
• Holding case for Woodstock, not to mention press
• Fireplace log holder
• One sounds an ingrate - metal, too
• Woman embracing director in front of old firedog
• Hearth item sometimes called a firedog
• Firewood holder
• Soon to grab free-standing firedog
• Does it get fired along with its metal too?