Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets
A selection of original antique fire grates and fire baskets including English Georgian, Regency, Victorian, French Rococo and Arts and Crafts.
Whether you have an antique Victorian, Rococo or Georgian fireplace (or any other style), they'll be an item to suit below.
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Height |
Depth |
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17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
63 13⁄16"
162 cms |
23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
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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 |
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35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
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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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Height |
Depth |
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44 1⁄4"
112.5 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Height |
Depth |
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44 1⁄8"
112 cms |
28"
71 cms |
17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Height |
Depth |
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20 7⁄8"
53 cms |
28 11⁄16"
73 cms |
22 3⁄8"
57 cms |
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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 |
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22 13⁄16"
58 cms |
23 3⁄8"
59.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Height |
Depth |
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41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
23"
58.5 cms |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stock: 12260
A handsome 19th century Georgian style firegrate in the manner of Robert Adam , similar to the one in the tapestry room at Nostell Priory...see image below. One of a near pair to an original 18th century example see stock no 10405.
English late 19th century.
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height |
depth |
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34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
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Stock: 12030
A SPLENDID AND GRAND 19th CENTURY FIRE GRATE IN BRASS AND IRON with bronze feet. The two magnificent winged Griffins fronting the low slung deep log basket, embellished with five floral brass studs under the bowed firebars, over pretty C scrolled, central shell Rocaille brass detail. There are two slender topped urns atop the firebars and brass shoulders leading up to the later ornate fireback.
English 19th century, with restorations.
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height |
depth |
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30 1⁄4"
77 cms |
32 1⁄2"
82.5 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
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21 1⁄4"
54 cms |
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Stock: 12197
A cast iron and steel fire grate in the Neoclassical manner of Robert Adam, with two oval medallions cast into the spandrels and five smaller ones on the pierced apron mounted with four urn finials, the larger atop the taperered front supports. English, late 19th early 20th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| Overall |
31 11⁄16"
80.5 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Back plate |
20 1⁄2"
52 cms |
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Stock: 3206
A large Irish cast iron Fire Grate in the late Georgian manner, with brass clad front and pierced brass apron below the four shaped fire bars. This fire grate has its original brass front but the carcass was very damaged and has been rebuilt.
Irish early 19th century front with later restoration.
Chantry
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
28"
71 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
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Stock: 8045
A large cast iron and bronze " Nautilus " log grate made in the nineteenth century by The Nautilus Fire Company of Yeovil, Somerset. The side floral decoration in the Renaissance manner, on four iron wheels, the front bar posts with large bronze spiral finials, a scrolled bronze canopy which revolves forward and back to reduce the airflow, and bronze trim either side.
English mid to late 19th century.
NOTES : When Queen Victoria had Nautilus fire grates installed at Balmoral Castle and Osborne House demand for them grew substantially. The design by the Petter family firm was based on the internal shape of the Nautilus shell by means of which the fumes and smoke circulated in a chamber before being drawn out through the flue.
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Height |
Depth |
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29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
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Stock: 9073
A large brass, steel and antique cast iron fire grate in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The pierced and engraved serpentine apron, flanked by a pair of tall obelisk styled supports raised on cluster four column supports. There is a crown stamp with the letters SC on the upper left polished return, possibly indicating a governmental, ministerial or institutional provenance.
English, mid to late 19th century.
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height |
depth |
| External |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
29 7⁄8"
76 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
| Back plate |
21 7⁄8"
55.5 cms |
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Stock: 11506
A most unusual antique Arts & Crafts oval Fire Basket in wrought and cast iron, the andirons as stylised griffins with cloven hoofs supporting an oval firebasket with bowed vertical bars. The bottom grill to be reinstated.
English, late 19th century.
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Height |
Depth |
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31 1⁄8"
79 cms |
24 3⁄16"
61.5 cms |
20 1⁄8"
51 cms |
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Stock: 10281
A rare firegrate in the Mid Georgian Chippendale Rococo manner with large cabriole brass legs topped with flamed urn finials, with shell front motif flanking the serpentine brass apron under the bowed firebars which themselves are topped with knopped finials. English 19th century.
Note: A similar grate can be see in Hogarth's painting of Marrriage a la Mode.
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height |
depth |
| External |
26"
66 cms |
19 1⁄8"
48.4 cms |
12 3⁄8"
31.5 cms |
| Back width |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
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Stock: 10015
A very large Neo Gothic Regency cast iron fire grate possibly made by J.S. Morris Cooking-Kitchen & Stove Grate Manufacturer, Devonport (1828) contractor to the Board of Ordnance and the United Gas Company who supplied military stores and materials, please see their advertisement below.
English early 19th century.
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Depth |
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40"
101.5 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
21 1⁄2"
54.5 cms |
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Fire Baskets: The History
Fire baskets have been used for millennia.
In the UK, the first example of a fire basket being used is from the Iron Age Period, and this is currently on display at The British Museum. It is a simple open fire basket, where logs rest inside the bars, providing heat and also a place for cooking.
Fast forward to the 17th century, where the use of a fire basket for open fires became mandatory after the great fire of London.
17th century fire log baskets are very rare and today, the vast majority of antique fire baskets for sale are either Georgian, Regency or Victorian.
Updating Antique Fire Grates and Baskets for Modern Use
Fire grates and baskets can be updated for more modern use in the home today. Most of our antique fire baskets can be converted to a gas fire basket, where the grid used for burning wood or coal is simply cut and a gas fire basket unit is placed inside it.
This can then have a manual switch or a remote control for you to control the fire. This is perfect if you have antique fireplaces and you want your fire baskets to be period too.
Whether you have a cast iron fire basket, or a steel fire basket, there are suitable conversion options for you:
- Ethanol burners are a good option if you don’t have a fireplace flue and want decorative flames.
- However, gas fire baskets are the superior option if you are also looking for a heat source! Both have the flexibility to be used with both large and small fire baskets.
Whether you are looking for a Victorian fire basket or something a little earlier, our large stock of antique fire baskets should have something for you. If you are looking for something specific, please contact us and we would be delighted to assist!