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Antique Firebacks

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  • 12989

    Stock No: 12989

    An interesting early 20th century cast iron fire back, decorated with a female figural mask flanked by tumbling floral swags, above entwined musical instruments, roses and mythical beasts.

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    width height depth
    24.0"
    61 cms
    38.2"
    97 cms
    1.2"
    3 cms

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  • 12901

    Stock No: 12901

    Antique 19th century cast iron arch shaped rectangular fire back, cast with crowned shield with three fleur-de-lys.

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    width height Depth
    23.8"
    60.5 cms
    22.4"
    57 cms
    1.2"
    3 cms

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  • 12767

    Stock No: 12767

    A large Victorian English cast iron fireback. The central panel with a figure of a horse and rider.

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    Width Height Depth
    30.7"
    78 cms
    40.4"
    102.5 cms
    1.2"
    3 cms

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  • 12751
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    Stock No: 12751

    A scrolled and arch shaped cast iron fireback with a central shield with three fleur de lys the shield flanked by two leaping deer and surmounted by a crown.

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    Width Height Depth
    27.2"
    69 cms
    25.2"
    64 cms
    1.2"
    3 cms

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  • 12692

    Stock No: 12692

    Antique cast iron Fire Back decorated with a leaping horse. English, 19th century.

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    Width Height
    16.5"
    42 cms
    23.6"
    60 cms

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  • 12766

    Stock No: 12766

    AN ARCHED 19th CENTURY CAST IRON FIREBACK displaying a heraldic coat of arms featuring the fleur de lys of Florence and the bundle of sticks concealing a weapon..being the historic emblem of resistance in an Italian context....and later that used by Mussolini's Fascists.

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    Width Height Depth
    20.5"
    52 cms
    25.8"
    65.5 cms
    1.0"
    2.5 cms

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  • 12571

    Stock No: 12571

    A CAST IRON FIREBACK IN THE BAROQUE MANNER,WITH THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS OF CHARLES II. English, 20th century...from the 17th century original.

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    width height depth
    39.0"
    99 cms
    31.5"
    80 cms
    3.1"
    8 cms

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  • 11799

    Stock No: 11799

    A large burnished cast-iron fireback centred with an armorial shield flanked by scrolls and surmounted by a crowned cockerel. An exact replica of the sold 18th century French original.

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    width height depth
    51.5"
    130.8 cms
    48.3"
    122.6 cms
    2.0"
    5 cms

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  • 6452

    Stock No: 6452

    ONE OF A PAIR of period French Rococo Armorial firebacks...the Coat of Arms surmounted by a Ducal crown ,over the heart shaped central Cartouche cross banded with a lake and three swans , the whole entwined with typical Rococo foliage .18th Century.Pair to SNo 6444 .

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    width height depth
    24.8"
    63 cms
    31.7"
    80.6 cms
    1.0"
    2.5 cms

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  • 6444

    Stock No: 6444

    ONE OF A PAIR of period French Rococo Armorial firebacks...the Coat of Arms surmounted by a Ducal crown ,over the heart shaped central Cartouche cross banded with a lake and three swans , the whole entwined with typical Rococo foliage .18th Century. Pair to SNo 6452.

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    width height depth
    24.8"
    63 cms
    31.7"
    80.6 cms
    1.0"
    2.5 cms

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  • 6307

    Stock No: 6307

    ONE OF A PAIR OF EARLY FRENCH PARTICULARLY WELL MODELLED FIREBACKS DEPICTING THE LOUIS XIV COAT OF ARMS OT THE CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES, the crown supported by winged heraldic angels over the Cartouche of three Fleur de Lys of the Ancien Regime.
    French 18th century possibly earlier.

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    Width Height
    38.2"
    97 cms
    38.2"
    97 cms

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  • 12668

    Stock No: 12668

    A cast iron Baroque armorial fire-back of ogee-arched form, centred by a scroll-edged cartouche enclosing a pair of accolly armorial ovals, one cast with a crowned lion rampant, the other with a salamander surrounded by flames, all between a pair of greyhound supporters and edged with bellflower-cast pilasters.
    French mid 18th century.

    NOTES :The heraldic design depicting the union of the families of Aviau de Piolant of Tour, Comtes de la Bouere with those for Sallonier de Chaligny of Nivernais (whose shield is a golden salamander bedded in red hot fire on a blue shield) or Jouvet of Auvergne (whose shield is a flaming gold salamander on a blue shield).

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    width height depth
    31.9"
    81 cms
    31.5"
    80 cms
    1.4"
    3.5 cms

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  • 12623

    Stock No: 12623

    A CAST IRON ARCHED FIREBACK showing a Double Headed Eagle beneath a Crown and a heraldic shield. 19th century replica of a 17th century original.

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    Width Height Depth
    25.6"
    65 cms
    30.7"
    78 cms
    1.4"
    3.5 cms

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  • 12553

    Stock No: 12553

    An elegantly embossed good sized cast iron fireback, cast with a shapely maiden under a tree, surrounded by foliage and dated 1679.

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    width height depth
    23.6"
    60 cms
    31.1"
    79 cms

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  • 10432
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    Stock No: 10432

    A LARGE AND ORNATE CAST IRON FIREBACK in the English Rococo Revival manner of Thomas Chippendale. English 19th century.

    Width Height Depth
    28.0"
    71.1 cms
    40.3"
    102.3 cms
    1.6"
    4 cms

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Our collection of antique firebacks and panels date back to the 17th Century and originate from England and France. Cast iron firebacks had originally been decorated with everyday objects, moving into the early 19th Century mythology and aristocracy became common themes throughout. At Westland London we supply antique firebacks and accessories required to best suit our range of antique fireplaces.

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