Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets

Stock: 13863

A very fine polished steel and cast iron Regency three barred fire grate
mounted with small lidded urn finials and fronted by an intricately cut
apron supported on an pair of scrolled supports raised on baluster feet
and topped with a larger pair of lidded urn finials.
English, early 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 13781

A very attractive 19th century Victorian Rococo style brass and iron three barred fire grate with an ornate scrolled high arched backplate, twin bud and vase brass finials and a pair of elaborate winged monopodic griffin supports linked by a beaded skirt. English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 13525

Carron of Falkirk:
A truly beautiful and grand bronze and cast iron Adam style firegrate, one of a series made by the Carron Foundry to the same design . With a beaded arched back radiating sunburst bars, elaborate Elysian scenes on the front and spandrels & slim tapering standards topped by elegant swagged urns above goats head masks. The fire basket with scooped radial bars, the pierced apron centred with a delicately embossed panel depicting a maiden with her pet lamb watched by an amorini. The Carron catalogue number and name, 'No. 8 Dog Stove' is cast into the back. Please see image below from page 16 of the Carron Catalogue Company – "Architects' Catalogue". This second Carron grate is identical in design, except for the panel on the frieze, to the polished steel and iron grate SNo 9181.
Scottish circa 1898/99.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37" 94 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	15" 38 cms
Back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 8414

A massive English Regency cast iron log grate.The imposing andirons with scrolled cabriole bases centred by anthymion motifs, beneath turned gadrooned finials either side of serpentine cast-iron firebars.
English, circa 1800.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	51 1⁄4" 130.2 cms	26 11⁄16" 67.9 cms	16 1⁄2" 41.9 cms

Stock: 13739

An imposing cast iron and bronze mounted Baroque style antique Victorian fire grate
with an arched stylised sunburst backplate. The finely detailed grate with a
central barley twist bar is fronted by a pair of fine tall andirons mounted with
jewel like bronze decoration.
English circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35" 89 cms	24 5⁄8" 62.5 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Internal	22" 56 cms

Stock: 13649

An attractive cast iron and brass mounted Georgian style antique Victorian fire grate. The shaped back depicting Prometheus holding the Olympic torch symbolising light and life, immortaity and enlightenment. The grate mounted by four brass urn finials and simple spandrels above a serpentine pierced and cut brass apron centred with a pair guarded by a pair of couchant lions supported on quadrupled legs.
English mid to late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Back width	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms

Stock: 12945

An attractive 20th century polished steel & iron fire grate in the Rococo manner with scrolled bar posts, arched fireback, unusual straight pierced apron and four baluster finials on scrolled legs.
English, 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Back width	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 13577

A cast iron Baroque style Victorian fire grate with a large shaped backplate, a wide basket with strapped ball finials flanked by proud highly stylised andirons raised on scrolled legs each centred by cartouche shields.
English circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	46 1⁄8" 117 cms	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
Back width	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 12851

A substantial cast iron and brass firegrate the high split pediment back centred
by a boss and foliate decoration in relief, the basket supported on large elaborate baluster shaped andirons topped with brass finials above ball and claw feet.
English circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms
Back width	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 11654

A 19th century cast iron antique fire grate, possibly Paktong, in the mid Georgian manner, with florally scrolled and pierced etched apron on column supports.
Late 19th century.

	width	height	Depth
Overall	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms
Back Width	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 13102

A massive ornately detailed polished steel and cast iron fire grate in the Gothic Revival manner. The doric arched backplate centred with a quatrafoil, the two barred grate outset with a pair of proudly standing andirons with quartered roundels set beneath stylised fleur de lys spire finials echoed on the grate. Identical in design but slightly smaller than basket SNo13450.
English mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	35" 89 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms
Back width	28" 71 cms

Stock: 13450

A massive, ornately detailed cast iron fire grate in the Gothic Revival manner. The arched backplate centred with a quatrefoil, the two barred grate is fronted by a pair of tall standards with quartered roundels set beneath stylised fleur de lys spire finials with smaller versions echoed on the grate.
English mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms
Back width	25 3⁄16" 64 cms

Stock: 12384

A substantial antique cast iron Regency style fire basket with a highly ornate scrolling
backplate depicting an Hellenistic battle scene possibly one of Alexander
The Great's campaign battles. The two barred basket with log spikes is
supported on acanthus adorned scrolling feet.
English, early 19th century with restorations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 13436

An unusually large Scottish wrought iron fire grate in the Arts and Crafts Neo Gothic style. The pediment shaped back is mounted with a prominent thistle finial, the low, wide basket is fronted with three more thistle finials and is supported by a pair of tall andirons with scrolled feet.
Scottish, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 13365

A very fine rare and grand polished iron Fire Grate of generous proportions, with column and horizontal bars on the bow fronted grate flanked by tall standards supported on quadrupled feet. These baluster and ball feet were a feature of grates made in the mid to late18th century.
English mid to late18th century.

Notes: There was a near identical fire grate in the dining room of Wilton House, Wiltshire as illustrated in “The English Fireplace” by L A Shuffrey, Plate CXI.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Back Width	24" 61 cms

Stock: 13108

A fine steel and brass fireplace grate and matching fender in the George III manner. The basket with curved bars and four urn finials above a pierced apron with applied rosette paterae and beaded decoration, the shoulders with descending bell flowers and the whole supported on tapering legs. English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
firegrate	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
fender	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 13193

GENEROUS AND GRAND:
A very fine giant of a grate, in the early Georgian style, fashioned in polished steel and cast iron, it's breadth and depth speaking of strength and presence. The large basket with a pair of stylised polished steel finials is fronted by a cut steel serpentine apron centred by a boar's head amid scrolling floral motifs supported on either side by a pair of tall standards with elongated polished steel urn finials above simple column legs.
English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
overall dimensions	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms
back width	24" 61 cms

Stock: 12987

BAROQUE GRANDEUR. A huge cast iron firegrate in the Italian Baroque manner with a shaped, scrolled and semi-hooded backplate, three heavy curved front bars flanked by scrolled finials and fronted by a pair of massive elaborate baluster andirons. English early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	36" 91.5 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms
Back width	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 9889

Arts & Crafts:
A unique and elegant Arts and Crafts bow fronted fire basket on a grand scale with a delicate pierced brass apron of floral motifs, a pair of tall slender andirons, the ball finials etched with stylised suns resting on brass ball and claw feet. Identical, except for the andirons, to one in the Great Chamber at Gilling Castle shown below in a late 19th century photo. English circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	28" 71 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 13288

A small cast iron and steel serpentine fronted firegrate in the Rococo manner, with scrolled bar posts and feet, an arched backplate, four urn finials and a simple pierced apron with interspersed paterae, supported on scrolled feet.
English circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	13" 33 cms
Back Width	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 13190

An impressive cast iron & brass mounted fire basket, with a shaped fireback with a central cartouche and scrolling acanthus leaves, the basket supported by a pair of magnificent monopodial winged griffin andirons.
Circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall Dimensions	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	26 3⁄16" 66.5 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Back Width	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 11276

A fine Edwardian cast iron antique fire grate. The high front has an embossed repousse brass panel with a floral motif set above the grate, surrounded by stylised bead and reel edging . The grate has an original firebrick interior and is mounted with a pair of brass urn finials set above vertical serpentine fire bars and is flanked by a pair taller baluster standards with squat scrolled feet.
English early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
Max external	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal

Stock: 13274

A curious cast iron antique Victorian fire grate with an ornate Rococo style fireback decorated with a florally embellished rocaille crest set above a Bacchanalian scene. The basket, with large chained bar circles, is supported by a pair of barley twist, acanthus decorated standards set on peg feet.
English, circa 1870 or earlier.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Back width	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 13192

A large polished iron Georgian style fire basket. The sunburst backplate behind the four bar bow fronted grate, the beaded and engraved spandrels above a decorative cut and pierced apron flanked by oval medallions together with the four urn finials are all typical of the Adam style.
Mid 19th century

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall dimensions	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	34 1⁄4" 87.2 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 13209

A large cylindrical ornate antique French cast iron wood burning stove, with ornate cast decorative detail in the Renaissance manner, mounted on spoked wheels either side and a forward roller for ease of movement using the front mounted ebonised handle.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 12231

A 20th century cast iron firegrate in the neoclassical style with a plain arched backplate bolted to shouldered sideplates, with two tapering and flat firebars surmounted by brass urn finials over a florally pierced and engraved apron flanked by scroll supports surmounted by similar larger urn finials.
English 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	23 3⁄8" 59.5 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 12385

A large Baroque style cast iron Victorian fire basket with a shaped fireback and mounted with a pair of brass urn finials supported on tall florally incised brass baluster standards.
English, mid to late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	26" 66 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Back width	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 13054

A large and unusually tall Regency pierced brass serpentine firegrate, with elaborate urn finials, and a cast iron fireback decorated with mythical sea creatures and a delicate maiden shepherdess under a tree. An almost identical firegrate was in the Etruscan Room of Home House, Portman Square, London - please see the image below.
English early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back width	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12899

A Georgian style two bar pierced and engraved polished steel fire grate with integral back plate. The serpentine apron decorated with paterae above a linked detail the paterae repeated on the urn topped uprights and shoulders.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 12768

A large bronze hooded Victorian fire grate with substantial integral baluster firedogs in the Baroque manner, with a cut curved apron mounted with a pair of small flambeau finials and raised on scrolled feet embellished with female masks.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	36" 91.5 cms	23" 58.5 cms

Stock: 12868

An antique Arts and Crafts cast iron, brass and copper fire grate with lion mask head cresting, the basket with intriguingly cast designed front bars flanked by Birds Talons holding brass balls over scrolled feet. It comes with removable original ash pan tray. Late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Back width	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 12474

A small cast and wrought iron Victorian fire basket with scrolled feet and urn finials.Two firebars, with two small scrolls under the bars.
Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 12594

A late 19th century wrought iron Arts & Crafts log grate with large brass finials behind brass rings above scrolled feet.
English, circa 1890.

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	width	height	depth
External	28" 71 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 10044

A rare period George III cast iron & steel Fire grate, the
pierced apron flanked by urns, above bead and button frieze
and hexagonal tapered legs.
English 18th century with later restorations.

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	width	height	depth
External	36 1⁄2" 92.7 cms	33 5⁄8" 85.3 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 12546

A small rare and exquisite Queen Anne style Fire Grate. The iron main body with burnished turned firebars, flanked by spirally cast brass columns, under conical gadrooned finials, supported on slender cabriole legs with pad feet.
English, late19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms