Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets

Stock: 15518

An antique George III style fire basket, with an elegant pierced foliate apron, and slender finials and andirons reminiscent of Thomas Elsley, finely cast in nickel (or German) silver.

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	Width
	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

Stock: 16299

A small and smart Georgian fire basket of serpentine form in cast iron and brass. The ornate fire back depicts Jonah and the whale as the creature is about to swallow the prophet. This is supported by brass shoulders engraved with urns, beneath which is a beautifully pierced apron with a Greek key decoration interspersed with scrolling foliate motifs.
English, c.1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 16298

A large Victorian cast iron fire basket with an arched back, and supported on large polished bronze andirons in the Dutch manner, with additional bronze spandrels and apron.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	26" 66 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 16223

A large and imposing Jacobean Revival fire basket in cast iron, with a cartouche back and c scroll decoration which framed the latticed front bars. This is supported on large baluster andirons over splayed feet. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 16403

An unusual Arts and Crafts cast iron fire basket of small proportions, with a stylised sunburst back, and a bowfront mounted with dog finials, over paw feet.

English, c.1870.

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	width	height	depth
	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	19 7⁄8" 50.5 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 16211

A very large and rare and heavy cast iron William IV fire grate, with a dramatic Rococo backplate and imposing andirons cast with ornate foliate decoration. A truly imposing piece and a very unusual design.

English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	39" 99 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms
Back Width	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 16310

A large Victorian cast iron fire basket with brass detailing. The back of broken pediment form, is cast with laurel sprigs and a central rosette. The four barred grate is surmounted by brass baluster finials and supported by large lion paw andirons.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back Width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15619

A charming William IV cast iron fire basket in a shape reminiscent of a Savonarola chair, adorned with ringed lion masks.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 15835

An antique fire basket in the neoclassical style in bright polished steel. The basket has elegant shoulders engraved with garlands of bellflowers which flank the three barred grate which stands over a pierced apron studded with neoclassical paterae. The elegant urnular andirons are surmounted by a pair of lidded urn finials.
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back width	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 16023

A substantial Victorian cast iron fire basket with a pierced apron and urn topped andirons. Perfect for a fireplace of grand proportions.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms	22" 56 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms
Back width	22 3⁄16" 56.5 cms

Stock: 14151

An antique cast and wrought iron fire basket, very much in the manner of Robert Adam. The one piece cast iron front, decorated with lozenges containing wheat sheaths is centred by a curved bottomed four bar grate above a fluted apron. This is flanked by oval paterae topped off by urn finials, supported on tapering square legs enriched with bell flowers on ball feet.
English, circa 1780.

Note, the original arched cast iron fireback has cracked in the past, this is not uncommon on fire baskets of this date. It has an early strapped and riveted repair on the back and is stable and usable for burning wood. The original back could be recast and replaced if desired.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Back width	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 15843

A rare and majestic fire basket, depicting a phoenix rising from the flames. The phoenix fire back is mounted above a large four barred grate, which rests on brass andirons. The andirons are surmounted by eagles, and the sinuous feet form winged dragons.
English. c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	45 11⁄16" 116 cms	38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms	22 3⁄16" 56.5 cms

Stock: 15784

A small 19th century cast iron fire basket, with an arched pediment back decorated with a central floral rosette.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
Back width	13" 33 cms

Stock: 15682

An unusual and compact cast iron Renaissance Revival fire basket, the arched pediment back decorated with an armorial cartouche and faceted andirons.
English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Back width	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 15661

A large cast iron and polished brass fire basket in the neo-classical style, the arched pediment back decorated with laurel sprays and scrolled acanthus corners. Below this, the four barred grate is flanked by neoclassical urnular andirons and is framed by a pierced and scrolled apron.
English, Circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back Width	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms

Stock: 13344

Antique cast iron fire basket, supported on brass baluster andirons on scrolled feet. The grate, has unusual bars reminiscent of the Aesthetic movement, and a tall decorative back.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back Width	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 13110

A simple and elegant steel fire basket in Adam style with urn finial details and a pierced apron.
English, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Back width	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms

Stock: 15669

A charming Aesthetic Movement fire grate with a central sunflower radiating from the shaped back plate, which is echoed by the finely cast brass sunflower finials crowning the andirons. These frame the front bars, which are elegantly bowed, and just beneath them are delicate fan spandrels.
English, c.1890.

The sunflower was considered the emblem of the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, its proponents believing it to signify lasting happiness and adoration – key principles of aestheticism. The movement embodied the principle of Art for Art's sake, and focused on beauty and harmony in its purest visual form.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27" 68.5 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 15629

A large 19th century fire basket with a simply arched Aesthetic movement back, centred by a sunflower motif. The grate is flanked by two baluster andirons resting on scroll feet.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35" 89 cms	23 3⁄8" 59.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
Back width	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 15302

An unusual 19th century cast iron fire basket of exceptional quality with applied armorials and a Latin motto which reads LUX TUA VIA MEA, or Thy Light is My Way. This motto is associated with the Blount family, and this fire basket was acquired from Mawley Hall in Shropshire, their family seat. Likely to have been made on the estate.
English, c.1870.

Provenance: Mawley Hall, Shropshire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	37" 94 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15660

A 19th century cast iron fire basket in the Baronial style, fronted by an imposing pair of monopodia wolfound andirons with rings in their mouths. The grate is further embellished with tie baton bars and a decorative backplate surmounted by three pronged finials.
English, c.1870.

A similar grate can be seen at Charles Dickens' Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15709

An unusual cast iron Arts and Crafts fire basket, with andirons reminiscent of Gothic tracery and a gently arched back.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms

Stock: 15681

A very large Arts and Crafts cast iron fire basket, with a brass apron and brass finials to the andirons.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	24" 61 cms
Back Width	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 15620

An Edwardian neoclassical fire basket with a bow front three bar grate above an elegantly pierced apron, engraved with a floral and foliate decoration featuring two dragons. The columnar andirons are surmounted steeple finials.
English, early 20th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 13234

A substantial cast iron Georgian style fire basket with a sun burst backplate set above a panel of three festooned rosette paterae. The two barred grate with four large traditional urn finials above the simple cut apron and with etched andiron supports on small bun feet.
English, circa 1870.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	37" 94 cms	36" 91.5 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms
Back width	22" 56 cms

Stock: 15539

An interesting Arts and Crafts fire basket, the back panel depicting the Day of Judgement within a medieval scene complete with a hilltop castle. God appears from swirling clouds, holding a ladder on which an angel pulls up the souls of the redeemed. In the foreground a crowd gathers around a hole where a man is being plunged into the depths of hell. This figure is intended to be licked by the flames of the fire in the grate, adding to the dramatic effect. The stylised sunflower brass andirons turn slightly outwards and are mounted on tapered legs.

English, c.1890.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	39" 99 cms	13" 33 cms
Back panel	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 14738

A rare and monumental cast iron Coalbrookdale antique fire grate identical to fire grate SNo 14374. The elaborately scrolled backplate featues a Bagot Goat jumping a fence. The substantial basket, with a strapwork apron centred by a lion mask, is supported by a pair of large and powerful panther head standards.

Provenance: The registration mark 65 The Coalbrookdale Company registered September 6th 1841 number 814 can clearly be seen on the back.
English, early to mid 19th century.

Notes: The Bagot goat is believed to be Britain's oldest breed of goat and has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall in Staffordshire for over six hundred years.The Coalbrookdale Company, a foundry in Shropshire established in 1709, is probably most famous for building the world's first cast iron bridge erected and opened at Ironbridge in 1780, but it was also noted for its decorative ironwork an example of which is a set of gates opening into London's Hyde Park. The blast furnaces were closed down around 1820 but the foundries remained in use.

Please note that the back plate was once broken the damage can be seen under the goat. It has been strapped on the back, so the grate is still functional.

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	width	height	depth
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	29 1⁄4" 74.5 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 15247

A Thomas Elsley, polished steel and cast iron Georgian style fie basket. The arched fireback centred by an urn draped with bellflowers above a four barred curved grate, with etched shoulders, is framed by beading and surmounted by a pair of lidded urn finials above a pierced and etched apron. The twin tapering standards are etched and beaded and surmounted by a larger pair of lidded urn finials.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 15219

An iron and brass fire grate in the French Regence style with a turned two bar basket, above a brass vitruvian apron and surmounted by a pair of flambeau finials. The rectangular backplate depicts a procession of playful cherubs one of which appears to be riding a goat. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of ornate Louis XIV style andirons surmounted by further by flambeau finials.
Probably French, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15462

A very pretty late Georgian brass and iron fire basket with an elegant silhouette. The high backplate sits behind the three barred grate surmounted by a pair of brass urn finials above a delicately cut apron supported by a pair of column standards also surmounted by a pair of brass finials. English, early 19th century. .

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	29 13⁄16" 75.8 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms

Stock: 15121

A 19th century Rococo style bronze mounted cast iron griffin fire basket. The scroll edged backplate, with a central medallion and leafy fronds, rests behind the bow fronted grate which is supported by a pair of large, bronze monopodial griffin with splayed claw feet. Each griffin is impressed on the back with the registration number 'R N 116834'. English, circa 1870.

Similar to brass mounted firegrate SNo 14976.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 8901

A 20th century George III style brass and iron fire grate. The rectangular back above a two barred grate, surmounted by a pair of brass steeple finials, beneath which is an ornate pierced apron flanked by integral turned standards.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	depth
External	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms
Back width	20 1⁄4" 51.5 cms

Stock: 15387

A Baroque Dutch style iron & bronze large, three barred firegrate. The grate is surmounted by a pair of small bronze globe finials. The whole is supported to the front by tall bulbous bronze baluster andirons in ornate feet centred by lion masks with rings in their mouths. The plain bronze apron can be drawn out to reveal a tray for ashes.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	39" 99 cms	28" 71 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back panel	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15322

A large cast iron and brass mounted Gothic Revival firegrate in the manner of A W N Pugin. The high, trefoil backplate, centred by a plain cartouche above an arch, has sides swooping down to the low two barred grate. A pair of upright seated, brass lions mounted on spiral podiums and holding simple, escutcheon shaped shields, form the integral andirons raised on large peg feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 15329

A substantial burnished steel and cast iron Victorian fire basket in the Georgian manner with a shaped backplate. The two barred grate, with a curved pierced apron, is surmounted by a pair of small urn finials and is supported by two tall bulbous andirons on scrolled and pegged feet. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	11" 28 cms