Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets

Stock: 14352

An elegant serpentine fronted cast iron and brass antique fire grate in the late Georgian manner by Thomas Elsley of London The cartouche relief on the fire back is flanked by olive branches and scrolled acanthus. The barred grate, sits above a pierced apron studded with paterae and mounted by a pair of brass urn finials. The grate is supported by a pair of out-swept standards with paterae and acanthus detailing, topped by a larger pair of urn finials. English, mid to late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Back width	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms

Stock: 10640

A mid 20th century cast iron and brass two barred fire grate in the early Georgian manner with small brass finials, a scrolled cut apron and fronted by a pair of baluster andirons with floral detail raised on pairs of lion paw feet. English, mid twentieth century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Back width	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 10347

A cast iron and brass mounted Victorian fire basket in the Rococo style identical to SNo 14726. The raised back with scrolling foliate decoration above a four barred oval shaped grate, mounted with flambeau finials, embellished with scrolling brass acanthus detail continuing down the splayed feet.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	19" 48.2 cms	26" 66 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 12404

A 20th century replica Georgian style brass and cast iron fire grate, substantially built with two pairs of urn finials, well defined cast decorative brass and iron detail, the arched fireback with central urn bordered by Bellflower swags, the grate with curved brass spandrel flanking the two polished steel fire bars above a pierced and cut apron. English, Late 20th century a used replica.

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	width	height	depth
Max dimensions:	26" 66 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	13" 33 cms
Back width:	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 14548

A large antique cast iron Arts and Crafts Victorian fire grate in the Renaissance style with a fine shield and oak leaf decorated back plate, double fleur de lys finials mounted on the grate and griffin holding brass rings in their mouths topping the standards.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
	22 3⁄16" 56.5 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: 14377

An antique French cast iron 18th century small Gothic style fire basket with a shaped arched backplate.
French, late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	24 1⁄2" 62.2 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 14644

A good sized and attractive late 20th century neoclassical style cast iron and brass mounted three barred fire grate with 'S' scrolled shouders. The grate with two small etched brass urn finials and a cut brass apron supported by a pair of tapering standards topped by a larger pair of etched urn finials. English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	24 3⁄16" 61.5 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms

Stock: 14625

A beautiful and tall russet brown enamelled four sided cast iron Art Nouveau multi-fuel antique French Tower Stove with ornate corner pillars, lid and fire box door. Each of the enamelled side panels with depictions of pairs of Birds of Paradise drinking at fountains above fields of flowers. The manufacturers Trade Mark:
DEVILLE & Cie, LENT MOYEN VIF, No 115 CHARLEVILLE "MONOPOLE"
can be seen on the underside of the decorative top lid. In fine condition and in working order.
French, circa 1910.

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	width	height	depth
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	35" 89 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms

Stock: 14227

A wide Arts and Crafts polished steel fire barred antique Edwardian fire basket very much in the manner 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: 14529

A very fine and highly ornate large cast iron and ormolu mounted Rococo style fire basket. The sturdy cross hatch grate front, embellished with foliate detail, is centred by a fleur de lys style panel. The whole supported on elaborately scrolled acanthus supports. English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
firegrate	35" 89 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	13" 33 cms
back	22" 56 cms

Stock: 14510

An early 19th century Adam style three barred cast iron fire grate mounted with a pair of small polished iron finials, a cut and beaded apron and supported by a pair of fluted standards topped by a larger pair of urn finials above paterae detail. English mid to late 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 11355

A neoclassical style cast iron and brass 20th century firegrate with four brass urn finials, a pierced brass foliate decorated apron and scrolled supports resting on peg feet. Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Back width	15" 38 cms

Stock: 14446

A Victorian Rococo style brass and cast iron antique fire grate with a tall shaped back plate and a pair of fine brass winged Griffin raised on ball and claw feet supporting the bow fronted grate which is embellished with seven floral brass studs set above the cut and scrolled brass apron.
English 19th century, with later restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 12829

An Arts & Crafts cast iron firegrate with a medieval lamplighter and decorative imagery and symbols of geometric form cast in the integral back and grate. English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Back width	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 14421

A rare antique French Cobalt blue ceramic wood burning stove. The two fretwork doors on the front open to reveal a small oven, The wood is loaded by means of the side firebox door.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 14144

A large cast iron antique Victorian log grate fronted with four linked circles, in place of bars, set top and bottom with knopped finials. The grate supported on fine quality cast brass baluster andirons with splayed legs and small ball feet.
English early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	22" 56 cms
Back width	24" 61 cms

Stock: 14198

An interesting Arts & Crafts cast and wrought iron antique fire grate. The four barred scoop basket is supported at the back on a single scrolled foot and is suspended between a pair of tall splay footed standards with griffin holding rings in their mouths.
English late 19th early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	23 3⁄8" 59.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms
Internal	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 14205

A iron, steel and brass Rococo style two barred antique firegrate with a tall pediment shaped backplate. The basket supported by a pair of powerful monopodic panthers, holding rings in their mouths, linked by a cut cross and rosette skirt. Identical to SNo 13837
English,circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	15" 38 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 14140

A large high backed Victorian cast iron and brass antique fire basket. The tall domed backplate set with a sun mask above festoons within a frame of trailing grape vines. The three barred grate with a cut brass apron is supported by a tall pair of striking barley twist standards raised on large ball and claw feet.
English mid 19th century.

Notes: There was an identical fire grate in The Prince's Room at Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire circa 1900 please see last image.

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	width	height	depth
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	41 1⁄8" 104.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms
back	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 14236

A large cast iron and brass antique firegrate, somewhat in the Chippendale manner, with a broken pediment backplate set behind a three barred grate mounted with a pair of flambeau finials above applied brass decoration flanked by a pair of brass dolphins. The brass serpentine apron is supported by a pair of large brass monopodic winged griffin. Provenance: By repute from Gaddesby Hall a Grade II listed House in Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England. English mid 19th century.

Notes: Gaddesby Hall was built on the site of an earlier house called Paske Hall pulled down in 1744 and the present Hall erected. It had several owners including the Nedham, Ayre and Cheney families After suffering neglect the Hall was reduced in size and renovated during the 1950s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 13837

A iron, steel and brass Rococo style two barred antique firegrate with a tall pediment shaped backplate. The basket supported by a pair of powerful monopodia panthers holding rings in their mouths, linked by a cut cross and rosette skirt. Identical to SNo 14205.
English,circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	26 1⁄2" 67.3 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	15" 38 cms
Back width	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 14275

A smart polished steel three barred Georgian style antique fire basket with
four mounted knopped finials, a diamond design pierced apron and supported
on a pair of robust scrolled feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms
Back width	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms

Stock: 14266

A large Victorian cast iron and bronze antique fire basket. The wide low grate with vertical lozenge bars, above a bronze swag draped apron, rests on a pair of classical style urn andirons hung with swags and topped by flame finials with smaller flame finials mounted on the grate.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Back width	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms

Stock: 7739

An impressive large serpentine fronted 18th century polished iron antique fire basket in the manner of Robert Adam, with etched spandrels, paterae & endblocks, a beaded border and four urn finials. Identical to one in Soho House, Birmingham, the house designed by James Wyatt, but this firegrate was probably made by Matthew Boulton (1728 -1809) partner to James Wyatt and a leading light in the English Industrial Revolution. English, circa 1790.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	29 13⁄16" 75.6 cms	17 13⁄16" 45.1 cms
Back panel	23 3⁄16" 59 cms

Stock: 13829

A very fine antique pierced and engraved, polished steel Georgian Summer Grate showing the influence of Robert Adam (1728-1792). The squared backplate sits behind the three barred fire basket which is mounted by two pairs of urn finials and has a delicately engraved detail on the edging flanked by beaded shoulders etched with lozenge cut paterae. The chamfered legs have further lozenge cut paterae.
English circa 1780.

Notes: This type of grate was called a dog grate but became more commonly known as a "Summer Grate" because the more decorative etched front had the option to be lifted off, as a protection against any possible heat damage, when the fire was lit in winter months. This would reveal the more simply designed second grate front as shown in the last image.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 10405

A handsome English Regency cast iron firegrate in the manner of Robert Adam, with a beaded arched sunburst backplate, reversed in the radiating grate bars, bead edging to the spandrels, each centred by a lozenge paterae, the apron with a bead edged, cut paterae motif flanked by finely etched urn finials on the standards. Similar to the one in the Tapestry Room at Nostell Priory please see the images below.
English, circa 1820.

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	width	height	depth
	34 13⁄16" 88.3 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 13399

A large iron and steel fire basket in the Georgian manner, with a high arched back and four steel finials mounted on top of the turned front grate bars above a serpentine finely cut and pierced apron, depicting floral and dragon detail, the grate supported on a pair of tall baluster turned standards.

Please note that there is a crack to the backplate which has been reinforced with braces to the back and there is another crack to the metal firebrick at the back of the grate.
English, circa 1870.

Notes: An identical fire grate was advertised by Mark Feetham & Co. in The Connoisseur magazine of May 1909, please see last image below.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms
Back width	29 1⁄2" 75 cms

Stock: 14155

An unusually large and opulent, antique Rococo style brass & cast iron fire basket mounted by a pair of small brass acanthus finials and with a scrolled serpentine brass apron flanked by a pair of substantial, highly ornate baluster standards topped by larger acanthus finials and raised on rocaille scrolled feet.
English mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms
Back width	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms

Stock: 14132

"HOUNDS OF HADES " A large and striking antique cast iron Victorian fire basket,
the two barred grate supported by a pair of standards with monopodic
hounds head finials, the hounds holding rings in their mouths, supported
on large paw feet. Identical to Stock No. 14132 without the backplate.
English mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 13045

An antique cast iron and brass Victorian fire grate. The arched back is decorated with a balustrade of spindles, below foliage and flowers. The front fire bars and brass apron are flanked by large and intricately pierced cast brass andirons with satyr and lion masks in the Dutch manner.

English, circa 1870.

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	width	height	depth
	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
back	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 9181

CARRON OF FALKIRK
A very grand Adam style Carron Foundry firegrate, in burnished cast iron, with a beaded arched back, radiating sunburst bars, elaborate Elysian scenes on the front and spandrels & slim tapering standards topped by elegant swagged urns above goats head masks. The Registered design number 323183 for 1898/9 is cast into the back and beneath it is the catalogue number and name 'No. 8 Dog Stove'.

Scottish late 19th century.

Provenance: Made by the Carron Foundry in Falkirk, Scotland and identical, except for the bars, to one shown below in an advertisement in the June 1906 Connoisseur Magazine.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 13770

A fine George III style three barred polished steel firegrate surmounted by a pair of spire finials above a deep, engraved & pierced serpentine apron with a further taller pair of spire finials on the faceted columned standards. English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Back Width	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms

Stock: 14076

A small but rather grand cast iron Victorian fire basket in the Baroque manner. The arch shaped back centred by a fierce lions head mask sits above a grate with bars held by a pair of vertical baluster rods flanked by a pair of sturdy baluster standards.
English Circa 1870.

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	width	height	depth
External	19 7⁄8" 50.5 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Back width	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 13268

SIMPLY SPLENDID:
A magnificent and rare late 18th Century "Summer Grate".

This very important George III grate is fashioned in bright cut polished steel. It is a most generously large grate with very finely etched and engraved foliate and acanthus designs and applied beading, a skirt of lozenge cut paterae, vase shaped finials and chamfered etched legs very much in the Neo-classical style and clearly showing the influence of Robert Adam (1728-1792).

There is an identical grate in the V&A Museum, London which is believed to have been made in the late 18th century by an iron founder named Henry Jackson of Saffron Hill, Smithfield, a copy of his trade card is below.

This type of grate was called a dog grate but became more commonly known as a "Summer Grate" because the expensively etched front could be lifted off during the winter months, to protect it from damage when the fire was lit, thereby revealing behind the more simply etched second grate front. It would almost certainly have been specially commissioned to complement a grand chimneypiece.

There are two other known identical grates both in Spencer House, an 18th century mansion built in 1756-66 in St. James's, London.
English, Circa 1790.

SCALE: V. Large

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43" 109.2 cms	38" 96.5 cms	18" 45.7 cms