Antique Garden Furniture: Ornaments, Statues & Fountains

Stock: 16266

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth.

This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley to produce such an iconic model for their wealthiest clients.

Notes:

A design for a model of the Uffizi Boar is illustrated in Austin and Seeley's catalogue the 'Specimen Book of Austin & Seeley's Artificial Stone Manufactory, London', 1844, p. 9. Austin & Seeley were known as suppliers of fine garden statuary to the largest country houses in England and similar stone examples can be found at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Felix Austin entered into business making artificial stone in 1828, having purchased moulds from a firm that had gone out of business. He established his works in New Road, London, describing himself variously as an architect, statuary mason and sculptor as well as artificial stone maker. His material was not the same as the ceramic body used by Mrs. Coade, but made from Portland cement, broken stone, pounded marble and course sand (The Builder, 1868). However, like Mrs. Coade, he encouraged leading architects and designers to work for him. Around 1840 he entered into partnership with John Seeley; Seeley had trained at the Royal Academy Schools and also made an artificial stone, which he called 'artificial limestone'. In 1841 they published their first catalogue Collection of Ornaments at Austin & Seeley's Artificial Stone Works for Gardens, Parks and Pleasure Grounds, etc. from their address in New Road. The preface to this catalogue begins 'Austin's Artificial Stone is of a light tone, requires no painting or colouring, will not sustain injury from the severest winter, and, being impervious to wet, is particularly applicable to all kinds of water-works. Its superiority is now so thoroughly established, that the most eminent Architects and scientific Gentlemen have expressed, in the highest terms, their approbation of its durability, and close resemblance to real stone.'

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	70 7⁄8" 180 cms

Stock: 15738

A Victorian Sundial with a gardrooned fireclay pedestal, possibly Garnick. An associated bronze sundial that is a perfect fit.
English or Scottish, c. 1880.

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		Height
		47 3⁄16" 120 cms

Stock: 4506

A weathered carved stone bust of Moliere, the 17th century French playwright (1622 - 1673) looking to dexter.
French, circa 1720.

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	width	height
	21" 53.3 cms	25" 63.5 cms

Stock: 15538

A pair of Victorian fireclay planters of canted rectangular form, perfect for use on a bay window. They are topped with scallop shell decoration and are also embellished with trailing roses and female masks
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	65 3⁄8" 166 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15934

A pair of large 19th century carrara marble urns. The boldly carved urns are twin handled, with high relief acanthus leaves around the body of the urn on a canted square base. They could be used either as garden or indoor urns.
English, c.1880.

One of two pairs available with stock no. 15935.

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	Diameter	Height
Including handles	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms

Stock: 15818

A rare antique terracotta sundial attributed to the Compton Pottery of Guildford. The sundial comprises a putto holding the dial and this is mounted on a Tuscan column.
A Sundial of this type would have been used by garden designers such as Gertrude Jeckyll for her Arts and Crafts style gardens, and would look fabulous in a number of settings.

English, c. 1910.

Photo before restoration.

Notes: The Compton Pottery was a well-regarded pottery specialising in garden pots and ornamentation. They received commissions from well known figures, including Lutyens, and their work was stocked at Liberty and Co. It was founded by Mary Watts in 1900, and they operated until 1956.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	48" 122 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12853

A pair of late Victorian cast iron urns of fluted, squat campana form with egg and dart moulded borders, on square bases.

English, circa 1880.

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	Diameter	Height	Base
	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23.2 cms

Stock: 13151

A pair of Victorian terracotta campana garden urns on Doulton plinths, the urns with scalloped and fluted sides and rims mounted on elegantly understated plinths.

English Circa 1870.

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	Width	Height
urns	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms
bases	15" 38 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms

Stock: 15935

A pair of large 19th century carrara marble urns. The boldly carved urns are twin handled, with high relief acanthus leaves around the body of the urn on a canted square base. They could be used for either garden or indoor urns.
English, c.1880.

One of two pairs available with stock no. 15934.

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	Diameter	Height
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 15887

An antique buff terracotta gadrooned single urn of a good size, perfect as a planter when stood on a plinth. We have a number of suitable plinths that could be used in combination with this urn, to make it a gorgeous garden centrepiece.
English, c.1880.

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	Diamter	Height	Base
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	8 11⁄16" 22.2 cms

Stock: 9191

A pair Carrara marble plinths, carved in low relief, with lion masks, armorial shields and foliate motifs. Would work wonderfully as garden ornaments, or as plinths for urns or other statuary.
Italian, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 13⁄16" 19.8 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 15831

A pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) sancai-glazed ridge tiles modelled as horse and rider. Both tiles are glazed in rich green and amber, the horses in a rich amber and the riders wearing green robes.

Tiles of this kind were often used on public and private buildings to ward off evil spirits. The work of glazed tiles is known in China as Liuli Wa, literally `roof-tile of glass`, a term dating back to the Tang Dynasty. According to traditional Chinese beliefs, roofs are a platform of communication between the world of the living and the realm of the spirits.
Chinese, late 15th - early 16th century.

Sancai means three glazes, the basic colours of this glaze are green, cream and amber, but more colours were sometimes used. It was a lead glaze and the addition of metal oxides created the limited palate of green and amber and sometimes blue. In the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 AD), grave goods were often glazed in this manner and there was a resurgence in popularity for this glaze in the Ming period.

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		Height
		14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms

Stock: 15724

A large and finely carved 19th century Italian marble lidded urn, decorated with trailing grape vines and and dramatic handles, modelled as grinning and horned satyrs. The body of the urn is carved with two cartouches, one depicting a nymph bathing in a pool whilst a satyr observes, hidden by bullrushes. The other depicts an a satyr and a goat in an amorous and playful embrace. After the antique.

Italian, c.1850.

Could be situated in a sheltered spot in a garden or courtyard, but equally suited to an interior setting.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28" 71 cms	40" 101.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 15598

An 18th century bronze sundial, the dial plate inscribed Bywater Dawson & Co. Liverpool, on a substantial 19th century cast iron base, mounted on a millstone.
English, 18th century with 19th century base.

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	Width	Height	Depth
without stone base	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
with stone base	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	61" 155 cms

Stock: 15646

A life size Victorian lead statue depicting a putto carrying a mask, perhaps tragedy.
English, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15516

A set of four Victorian cast iron garden chairs, with spoon backs featuring crisply cast decoration above circular seats cast with a radiating circular pattern and resting on elaborate cabriole shaped legs. This is not an identical set, as is formed form 2 very similar pairs. Very much in the Coalbrookdale style, and would work well as a patio set as they are very heavy.

English, c.1880

Photographs before restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 14348

A large cast iron garden planter, with raised Baroque motifs to the sides. Originally once a Victorian water tank. Un-restored. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	34" 86.3 cms	22" 55.8 cms	14 1⁄2" 36.8 cms

Stock: 11367

A pair of Victorian arched ceramic parapets. They would be an attractive addition to a garden. Some chips a/f.
Provenance: 298 Bishopsgate in the City Of London built between 1877-1890 and demolished in 1980.

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	width	Height	depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 14023

An early 20th century large lead garden figure of a Naiad, a water nymph, seated on a rocky outcrop. Naiads in Greek mythology were water spirits or nymphs who were said to preside over fresh water fountains, wells, springs, streams and brooks. English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15138

A suite of 20th century Coalbrookdale style garden seats consisting of a pair of chairs and a two seater bench. Entwined serpents and vines enhance the cast iron bench ends with hand rests terminating in hound dog heads. The back and seats are hardwood possibly mahogany. English, mid 20th century.

Photo before restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Larger	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms
Smaller	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 12034

A pair of elegant and large Portland Stone antique garden plinths with half round attached baluster apothecary bottles to either side.
English, circa 1900.

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	width	height	depth
Top	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms
Bottom	24 13⁄16" 63 cms

Stock: 14778

An Arts and Crafts stone bird bath or garden ornament. The wide bowl rests on carved effigies of three angels pointing to heaven supported by a stone socle plinth. Around the foot of the plinth are the Gratias Tibi Domine (Thanks be to God) and the initials G K & D.
English, 19th century.

Photos before restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 11889

A cast lead garden figure of a curly haired child, in the 18th century manner of John Cheere, with hand to ear and head inclined listening perhaps to birdsong and raised on a spreading circular socle base. Possibly made at the H. Crowther, Foundry in Chiswick, London.

English, early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	26" 66 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 11203

A green painted wrought iron four seater Victorian garden bench in the Georgian manner. Photo before restoration.
English, circa 1890.

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	width	height	depth
	72" 183 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 13277

A large Edwardian terracotta garden urn attributed to the Garnick Fireclay Company, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The body with ribbon-tied oak leaf bands on lobed undersides above a waisted socle and square section base, the base stamped with the name Garnick. Probably once one of a pair.
Scottish, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms

Stock: 14868

A monumental Regency stoneware urn, in the manner of the antique. This magnificent urn recalls the form of an Ancient Greek krater - a large vessel for mixing wine. The entire urn is dedicated to the God of Wine Bacchus (Dionysus), with a band of fruiting vines to the neck, underneath which is high-relief frieze depicting a Bacchic procession or thiasus, with revellers carrying cups of wine, bunches of grapes and the other trappings of a hedonistic feast. The serpents fashioned into handles are characteristic of Bacchic iconography and they are often associated with Bacchus, as Maenads - female followers of the God - wore snakes in their hair.

This urn is unlike any other we have come across, but echoes the popularity of themes from classical antiquity, made even more popular by the phenomenon of the Grand Tour. The great engraver and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi even produced an engraved volume solely dedicated to the designs of urns in the antique style. He then manufactured urns in his Italian workshops. In England, the famous manufacturer Eleanor Coade and designers such as Thomas Hope also produced urns in the antique manner for an eager public.

The urn is made from a weather impervious stoneware, similar to the famous Coade stone. Restoration to the handles has been carried out.


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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms
Base	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15137

A 20th century Coalbrookdale style garden bench. Entwined serpents and vines enhance the cast iron bench ends with hand rests terminating in hound dog heads. The back and seat are hardwood possibly mahogany.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Larger	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms
Smaller	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 7604

A pair of large restored terracotta lions modelled in the Baroque manner, seated on bases which are stamped, ‘Fabrique de Lapujade, Ouvriers Associes, Ses de Negrier, Toulouse.’ With restorations. French, 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	33" 83.8 cms	20" 50.8 cms

Stock: 15004

An elegant white painted Regency wrought iron garden seat with an oval and arched sectioned back above a slatted seat with curled feet and a bowed cross-stretcher. English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	70 1⁄8" 178 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 12729

A Heraldic limestone lion wall tablet carved in high relief with a shield of arms bearing three lion heads & surmounted by a demi-rampant lion holding a cross. English possibly French, 18th/19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 3760

A pair of octagonal mid 20th century reconstituted stone urns in the Neoclassical style with carved foliate detail raised on small socles. English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	22" 56 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 9444

A pair of antique Greek Revival Anthymion panels carved in Portland Stone in the English Regency style. English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24" 61 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 14717

A large pair of Scottish glazed stoneware Campan style garden urns. The wide brimmed bowls with linked egg and dart detail above gadrooned stems raised on stepped bases resting on sturdy reeded column stands.
Scottish late 19th early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Overall Height
urns	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
bases	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 9618

A red sandstone column and capital, adorned with putti and festoons. Scottish, 18th Century.

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	width / depth	height
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 13551

A set of four highly ornate and elegant cast iron Victorian antique garden or conservatory chairs in the Rococo style with oval shaped acanthus scrolled backs, detatchable seats and quadruple splayed legs. English, circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms