Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets

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: 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: 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
External	37 1⁄8" 94.2 cms	35 11⁄16" 90.7 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Back width	27 3⁄8" 69.7 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: 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
Footblock to Footblock	52 13⁄16" 134 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: 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

Stock: 14650

A serpentine fronted cast iron and brass antique fire grate in the late Georgian manner of Thomas Elsley of London. The a high shaped backplate is centred by an oval medallion surrounded with ribbons and swags of bellflowers. The bow fronted three bar grate, surmounted by a pair of fine urn finials above applied brass ropes of descending bellflowers flanked by sunburst designs, is supported by a pair of tall out-swept bulbous stemmed standards raised on splayed feet. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms
Back width	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15194

A 20th century cast iron fire grate in the Regency style with a high arched back centred by a large bead framed oval bosse. The three barred grate, above the cut serpentine apron, is supported by a pair of tall, prominent andirons with globe finials and terminate in ball and claw feet. English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	33" 83.8 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15213

A very large Gothic Revival cast iron fire grate with a high double arched backplate centred by fleur de lys. The wide barred grate supported on a pair of very substantial and prominent standards each topped by large fleur de lys finials and mounted with rosette detail with Diamond registration marks for 1867.

English, circa 1867.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms	32 5⁄8" 82.7 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 15126

A very large cast iron Victorian fire grate attributed to A.W.N Pugin. The arched backplate with Gothic tracery rests behind the two barred grate which is supported at the front by a pair of tall standards, raised on sturdy splayed feet, each surmounted by large ornate brass finials which bear monogrammed shields set on stylised foliate roundels. English, circa 1850.

Awaits final restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	19 1⁄2" 49.5 cms

Stock: 15069

An unusual late Victorian antique cast iron fire grate with a high shaped back with a simple inset oval cartouche. The two barred grate, surmounted by with boldly scrolled shoulders, above a neat cut leaf apron is raised on a pair of urn shaped feet. English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	23 3⁄8" 59.5 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 15128

A large and handsome Victorian brass and cast iron hooded enclosed fire grate in the Baroque manner. This impressive grate has a high shaped hood with an integral flue connection, it is inset with an ornate repousse brass panel above a deep grate surmounted by a pair of brass finials and with turned spindle bars along the apron. The whole is supported by a pair of fine pierced brass baluster standards raised on triple paw feet. English, circa 1870.

This type of inclosed fire basket with integral flue connection is ideal for use with fire surrounds with large openings and or small chimney flues, as the basket is connected directly to the flue in the same way as a stove.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37" 94 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms
Back width	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms

Stock: 15068

A fine brass and cast iron fire grate, in the George III style. The high shaped back with a central cartouche depicts a double headed eagle and shield, held by a man and a woman. The bars of the grate are elegantly bowed, and sit above a richly embellished apron which is pierced and profusely engraved with a ribboned and floral design. The andirons are surmounted by steeple finials and supported by curved shoulders which are also finely engraved.
English, 19th century incorporating a significant amount earlier 18th century elements.

Notes - In heraldry the double-headed eagle is a charge associated with the concept of Empire and is frequently found with links to the Roman/Byzantine Empire and also the Holy Roman Empire, which after its dissolution, the double-headed eagle was retained by the Austrian Empire, and served also as the coat of arms of the German Confederation.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms
Back width	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 14017

An Arts and Crafts cast and wrought iron fire basket. The cast back plate with a depiction of a Bacchanalian procession. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of tall standards with outswept, pierced bronze roundels raised on splayed scrolled feet. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Back width	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 14066

A large and very rare Regency cast & wrought iron, brass mounted antique fire grate in the Greek Revival manner. The backplate, with a rolled top embellished with scrolled foliate detail, sits behind the tooth barred curved fronted grate which is flanked by panels with applied brass stylised honeysuckle and scrolled wrought iron mountings. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of tall draped figural andirons standing on small brass footblocks.
English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 5⁄8" 103 cms	22" 56 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Back Width	28" 71 cms

Stock: 14551

A very fine and large cast iron and parcel gilt decorated antique Victorian fire grate in the Gothic Revival manner. The backplate is cast with five roundels behind the two barred grate with plain and spiral twist bars and knobbed cone finials. The grate is supported on an a pair of tall ornate andirons surmounted by cup and cover finials with foliate gilt decoration. The four sided gilt mounted stems are embellished with rope-twist bound foliate roundels above gilt detail on the splayed feet. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms
Back width	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 14865

A wide Arts and Crafts polished steel five barred antique Edwardian fire basket very much in the manner of Charles Voysey(1857 – 1941). The large grate, mounted with a pair of Baroque style finials, is supported to the front by a pair of tall elegant spire andirons raised on square columned legs.
English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 14862

A small and exquisite Queen Anne style cast iron and brass antique fire basket in the Baroque manner. The grate with burnished turned fire bars is supported to the front by a pair of very attractively styled brass standards with spiral columns, under conical gadrooned finials, on slender cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.
English, late 19th 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

Stock: 14829

A very decorative and large cast iron and brass mounted three barred Victorian Rococo style fire basket with a high arched and shaped back plate. Decorative urn finials are mounted on the grate above delicately styled applied brass detail. The registration mark for 886 to the back.
English, circa 1886.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	13" 33 cms
Back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 14846

A very large wrought iron Arts and Crafts fire basket in the baroque style the grate supported by a pair of large ornate andirons.
English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 1⁄8" 140 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Back Width	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 14830

A substantial Victorian, Baroque style antique cast iron fire grate with knopped, side supports, a high arched backplate, and sturdy shaped standards.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms

Stock: 14810

A fine Victorian burnished hooded fire grate in the Beaux Arts Baroque style. English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	35 3⁄8" 89.8 cms	12 11⁄16" 32.3 cms

Stock: 14513

A large and sturdy cast iron portable Victorian antique kitchen range. The oven, with its two strong hinges and a slot closing latch, is to the left of the fire grate. The name of the maker Cakebread Robey & Co London and the patented name " Belle Portable " can be clearly seen on the chimney flue. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	37" 94 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 14532

A large wrought iron and bronze Arts and Crafts antique fire basket with a high shaped decorative backplate featuring a lion mask, scrolled grate bars and tall standards surmounted by bronze ball finials top and bottom raised on splayed, scrolled feet.
English, late 19th century.

Please note that the backplate is new.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	20 1⁄4" 51.5 cms

Stock: 14618

A tall green glazed ceramic and black cast iron stove, manufactured by Brevete S.G.D.G, with integral oven. The top frieze has two brass adjustable vents for additional heat control.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	56 7⁄8" 144.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 14617

A large Victorian Aesthetic Movement fire basket. The arched back is cast with a Japanese style fishscale decoration with a floral roundel to the centre. The two barred grate cast with Aesthetic Movement motifs is supported by a pair of very tall steeple standards above sturdy scrolled feet.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	24 3⁄16" 61.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back width	21 7⁄8" 55.5 cms

Stock: 14374

A rare and monumental cast iron Victorian, Coalbrookdale fire grate with an elaborately scrolled backplate featuring 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 Coalbrookdale Company registered September 6th 1841 number 814 can 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.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	22 13⁄16" 58 cms

Stock: 14344

A large, wide and low Gothic style antique cast iron Victorian fire grate with barley twist front bars mounted with fleur de lys finials and supported by a pair of substantial splayed footed standards.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back width	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 13520

A very striking and large brass and cast iron enclosed fire basket in the Renaissance manner with an ornate repousse decorated hood with integral flue connection. The grate supported by a pair of monopodic panthers holding rings in their mouths. Registered design number 256679 for 1895.

English, late 19th century.

This type of inclosed fire basket with integral flue connection is ideal for use with fire surrounds with large openings and or small chimney flues, as the basket is connected directly to the flue in the same way as a stove.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	15" 38 cms
Back width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 11792

A very tall cast-iron solid fuel burning stove crowned with stylised leaves and spear mounts above strapwork bands and acroterion style motifs on the chimney. The makers mark Baerums Verk, No.158 can be clearly seen on the front plate. In good working condition.
Norwegian late 19th century.

Notes: During the early 17th century iron ore was found in the areas now known as Kirkerud and Eineåsen in Bærum in Norway. The then King of Denmark and Norway, Christian IV, wanted his kingdom to be selfsufficient in iron production and in 1610 he granted a Paul Smelter the right to build, at his own expense, a foundry in the area. During it’s heyday, the ironworks known as Baerums Verk, produced everything from cannon balls, cannons, armoured plates, nails, iron parts, and bullets. Later such items as stoves, ovens, grave ornamentations, kitchen utensils, hardware and machine parts gradually became the mainstays of production.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	63 13⁄16" 162 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 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