Georgian & Neo-Classical Fireplaces - Westland London Antiques

Stock: 6627

It is hard to overstate the importance of this chimneypiece. Carved in a fine-grained limestone around 1750 by the most successful architect of 18th century Britain, it is a rare relic of a body of work that has otherwise been lost to time. The research undertaken suggests this grand chimneypiece was once in the dining room of 36 Lincoln’s Inn, one of two grand houses designed by the architect on this street. This building was demolished in 1859, whilst number 35 was lost in the blitz.

The design of this chimneypiece would have perfectly suited a dining room, impressive in scale, with Bacchus at the centre and grapevines carved in high relief along the frieze and jambs. In the Survey of London in 1912 there is a record for a remarkably similar stone chimneypiece of this style in the basement of 35 Lincoln’s Inn, having been moved from the principal room when the building was reconfigured for office use. As the properties were designed as a pair, it is conceivable, and indeed extremely likely that these chimneypieces were too.

Few recognise the name of this great architect despite the fame and wealth he enjoyed during his lifetime - which surpassed that of his peers we so revere today - figures such as Robert Adam, Sir John Soane and William Kent. With the recent scholarship of architectural historians such as Marcus Binney and Christopher Hussey, Robert Taylor and his work has come into focus once more.

Robert Taylor came to architecture from sculpture. This is evident in his work which was so full of life, and a departure from the stark Palladianism which had gripped Britain in the decades before him. An apprentice of Henry Cheere, who held positions such as the Sculptor of Oxford University and Carver for Westminster Abbey during his long career, his understanding of the Rococo would have been learnt from his master, who had embraced the lightness of the style in a number of funerary monuments and indeed chimneypieces commissioned across England.

Taylor was born into his career, as his father was a stonemason who sponsored his son from a young age. His father funded his apprenticeship to Cheere, and also a trip to Rome, but sadly died soon after, forcing his son to return to London, penniless and seeking a career in stone carving. He did just that, and flourished within not only monumental masonry, but as an architect, working on projects such as the Bank of England and stately homes; he was also appointed architect of the King’s Works in 1769. His style developed from his sculpture into architecture, where he introduced a light, organic quality that he had learnt from Cheere during his education in stone.

The English Rococo style was merely a fleeting moment in Georgian England, perhaps due to the great marketing prowess of the Adam Brothers, who built and filled homes of varying status with their interpretation of neo-classicism. This popular new style proliferated through their design treatise, entitled, ‘Works in Architecture’, published over three volumes, cementing the brothers as the tastemakers of Georgian Britain. Taylor published no such volume, and instead sought commissions that were financially rewarding. This was starkly opposed to the Adam brother’s enthusiasm for grand redevelopment projects and large bank loans, which would ultimately lead to their demise.

Ultimately, Taylor’s practice was so successful that on his death, he left an estate of £180,000 — in contrast, William Kent left £10,000, James Gibbs £25,000, and Christopher Wren £50,000. Sadly, much of his architectural output is now lost, destroyed as a result of WWII bombings, demolition and redevelopment. As a result, his name faded into relative obscurity in the years following his death, and his legacy and reputation has only come to light in recent years.

If you wish to read more about this spectacular chimneypiece and its designer, please send us an email and we would be delighted to send you the relevant publication.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	88 5⁄8" 225 cms	67 11⁄16" 172 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
Internal	61 5⁄8" 156.5 cms	50" 127 cms

Stock: 16739

A very fine Adam Revival pine chimneypiece from the Edwardian period. The shelf, with its dentil undershelf is mounted over the beautifully carved frieze, studded with ram's heads hung with garlands of bellflowers. The slender jambs are carved with urns and more bellflowers. The opening is framed by a simple bead and reel moulding. This fireplace would accommodate a set of marble slips very nicely.

English, c.1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65 1⁄2" 166.3 cms	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	5 3⁄8" 13.7 cms
Internal	49 7⁄8" 126.7 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms

Stock: 16641

A rare Scottish pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh. The chimneypiece was designed is profusely decorated in exquisite detail whilst maintaining the elegant restraint of a neoclassical chimneypiece. The reverse breakfront shelf with acanthine moulding rests above an undershelf studded with bellflowers which in turn is supported by tall endblocks, each decorated with an anchor on the sea bed. The coastal theme is echoed again on the extraordinary tablet, a celebration of the Scottish coast; profusely decorated with seaweeds and shells, all in high relief. The flutes on the frieze are studded with little pinecones, just an exquisite detail. The frieze is supported by three-quarter columned jambs, with acanthine capitals. Scottish, c.1805.

Notes: Chimneypieces of this manufacture were a speciality of Richard Foster of Edinburgh and his son and examples survive not only in Scotland but also in the United States and Canada, where he seemed to create a strong market for them in the late 18th century. Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases. The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object. The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made. In the 1770s, the technique of applying a cast composition onto pine really took off in Scotland, especially with the construction of many new houses, such as those in Edinburgh's New Town. The process of cast composition can be described as essentially a thermo plastic mix of chalk, glue size, and other additives heated up to a precise temperature then pressed into wood or brimstone moulds. These could then be applied to a simple pine surround and painted if desired. Foster was commissioned to make designs unique to clients, so there may only be a single example of a particular design, but these usually incorporate existing decorative motifs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	70 1⁄8" 178 cms	59 3⁄8" 151 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
Internal	50 5⁄8" 128.6 cms	45" 114.3 cms

Stock: 16600

An elegant neoclassical chimneypiece in pine. The inverted breakfronted shelf is carved with egg and dart and rests over a frieze which is profusely carved with scrolling acanthus and flowers. The jambs are decorated with strung flowers and fruit, very much in the manner of Grinling Gibbons.

English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	69 11⁄16" 177 cms	56 7⁄8" 144.6 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms
Internal	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms
Bottom width	60 3⁄16" 153 cms

Stock: 6596

An exceptionally rare and finely cast George III neoclassical cast iron chimneypiece, attributed to Robert Adam. The frieze is delicately decorated with a finely cast central oval cartouche depicting the Triumph of Love, flanked by garlands of bellflowers and floral paterae. The endblocks are decorated with portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte and are surmounted by a pair of neoclassical urns. These are supported on panelled jambs containing circular lion mask paterae and ribboned floral borders over paterae footblocks.
The fluted integral hob grate with serpentine bars is decorated with bell flowers and a central floral paterae. The handsome back plate with a half round arch, above which is a central mask, strung with garlands of bellflowers, which meet two portraits of the King and Queen again, this time in a distinctly classical guise.

English, circa 1760.

Provenance: Balcares House, from the London residence of the Earl of Crawford. Awaiting further research.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	22 3⁄16" 56.5 cms

Stock: 16124

A fine statuary marble Regency chimneypiece in the manner of Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807). The plain shelf sits over a slender panelled frieze, which is flanked by stylised oak leaf endblocks over jambs finely carved with ribbon tied oak leaves and acorns. This chimneypiece is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Wyatt, as the carving on the jambs is remarkably similar to his chimneypiece designed for Sundridge Park.
English, c.1805.

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	width	height	depth
External	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Internal	39 1⁄2" 100.3 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.3 cms

Stock: 15880

A small antique neo-classical statuary marble chimneypiece with green Campan marble inlay. The finely carved central tablet depicting Diana the huntress reclining attended by a pair of hunting dogs. This is flanked by a fluted frieze inlayed with green Campan marble and a pair of deeply carved foliate circular paterae corner blocks, all supported on inlayed fluted jambs on simple moulded footbloocks.
English, Circa 1800.

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	width	height	depth
External	60 11⁄16" 154.2 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	8 11⁄16" 22.2 cms
Internal	39 1⁄2" 100.4 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 15984

An antique Neo-classical white statuary marble fireplace with Verde Antico ingrounds and frieze panels centred by a carved central tablet depicting Hebe in classical robes feeding Jupiter in the form of an eagle among clouds. This is flanked by a pair of 18th century corner blocks nicely carved with lidded urns.
English, circa 1900 and earlier.

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	width	height	depth
	58 11⁄16" 149.2 cms	47 3⁄16" 119.8 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms
	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	36 1⁄8" 91.6 cms

Stock: 15789

An elegant neoclassical revival statuary marble chimneypiece, with Connemara marble inlay. The stepped shelf rests above a Connemara marble frieze, which is mounted with a floral tablet, beautifully carved with ribbon tied swags of flowers. Either side of the frieze,the endblocks are carved with urns after the antique, and these stand above the jambs, with tapered pilasters which are finely inlaid with Connemara volutes.
English, c. 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 5⁄8" 154 cms	47 11⁄16" 121.2 cms	6" 15.2 cms
Internal	38 1⁄2" 97.7 cms	36 1⁄2" 92.7 cms

Stock: 15615

A fine George III chimneypiece in Statuary and Siena marble. The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a boldly carved egg and dart undershelf, resting over the faux fluted frieze inlaid with fine Siena Marble and studded with two oval paterae.
The central rectangular tablet depicts three putti, one possibly Cupid as he holds a bow, the others grapple with a quiver of arrows. This scene is situated within ribbon tied drapery. The endblocks are also carved with putti, one holding a set of cymbal like instruments aloft and the other holding an unfurling scroll.
Supporting the endblocks are the three-quarter columns also inlaid with Siena marble and topped by elegant composite ionic capitals and resting on socle and block plinth bases.

English, c.1770. With restorations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	74" 188 cms	62 5⁄8" 159 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	39" 99 cms

Stock: 11067

A fine 19th century carved pine chimneypiece in the Georgian manner, with a frieze decorated with finely carved floral garlands and foliate flourishes. Intended to be fitted with marble slips, which we can provide.

English, c. 1880.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 11⁄16" 156.8 cms	52 5⁄8" 133.5 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
Internal	53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms	40 11⁄16" 103.4 cms
Bottom width	54 1⁄8" 137.5 cms

Stock: 15429

A large and imposing Statuary and Connemara marble Neoclassical style chimneypiece very much in the Palladian manner of Isaac Ware. The wide stepped shelf rests above a band of substantial dentil carving, beneath which lies a Connemara marble frieze centred with a large statuary marble tablet depicting playful cherubs riding an eagle, the tablet is flanked by bold statuary carvings of mythical dragons. The paterae endblocks sit above plain, tapering Connemara columns on the jambs.
English, circa 1890.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 14151 not included.

The Palladian style was named after the Venetian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) whose work and ideas were based on the symmetry and perspective of the formal classical temple architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. His work hugely influenced European architecture from the early 17th century to the present day.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 1⁄2" 186.6 cms	58 1⁄4" 148 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 6593

The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.

A very rare, gently concave Portland Stone fireplace designed by Robert Adam and carved by the renowned Dutch stonemason Pieter Mathias van Gelder.

A moulded shelf rests above a simple frieze centred by a panel carved in relief with a floor standing globe flanked by opposing sphinxes. The endblocks, with carved lyres and husk swags, sit above fern frond corbels terminating in festooned bucrane on fielded panel jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
English, circa 1790.

Dalquharran Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, is regarded as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s Castle Style. His castles were unique in the respect that whilst the outside embodied the robustness associated with a castle, the inside was the embodiment of his restrained and delicate classical style. Dalquharran Castle was created for Thomas Kennedy of Dunure but is sadly now a ruin after the roof was removed in 1967 to avoid paying rates.

The chimneypiece was originally installed in the round tower library of the Castle and epitomised Adam's classical elegance. The last image below shows it in situ in the ruins of the library. It is exceptionally rare to find such a piece and made even more remarkable as it survived virtually undamaged. There is a similarly fine chimneypiece at Seton Castle, Adam’s final project in Scotland.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78" 198.2 cms	58 13⁄16" 149.3 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Internal	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms

Stock: 14356

A fine Statuary Marble Victorian chimneypiece with grey/green Verde Antico Marble inlay very much in the George III manner. The wide moulded shelf, with an underlay of dentil detail, rests above an inlaid Greek Key frieze with a central tablet of an urn surmounted by a pair of mythical styled sphinx. The rosette paterae on the end blocks are set above inlaid fluted pilasters fronting the jambs. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 11⁄16" 182 cms	56 1⁄2" 143.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms
Internal	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 15274

A small 20th century Neoclassical style Statuary Marble chimneypiece in the manner of Adam with a Sienna Marble frieze and ingrounds. The frieze is centred by a Statuary Marble tablet which features a pair of seated cherubs either side of a bust of Homer within a classical landscape. One cherub has a hand on Homers forehead, the other has a hand on an open book and both are holding bones the whole possibly a representation of Learning. The tablet is flanked by a pair of carved ewers on the endblocks set above jambs fronted by elegant Statuary ionic pilasters raised on neat footblocks. Removed from a house in Cornwall. English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62" 157.5 cms	51 1⁄8" 129.7 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms
Internal	38 1⁄4" 97.3 cms	38" 96.5 cms

Stock: 15195

A late 18th century Georgian chimneypiece carved in Statuary Marble with Verde Antico frieze panels and slips to the opening. This chimneypiece was carved by the sculptor Thomas Carter (d.1795) and designed by the architect Charles Cameron, who installed it at 15 Hanover Square, London W1 c.1774 - a property which has subsequently been demolished. It was almost certainly designed for one of the principle rooms in the house. The Statuary Marble chimneypiece is boldly carved, uniting both Neoclassical and Palladian ideals to create an ornate yet elegantly balanced piece. The central tablet is carved in high relief with a depiction of putti representing the Arts, Sciences, Knowledge and Industry. It is centred on the frieze beneath the wide breakfront shelf and is in turn flanked by a pair of large stylised, foliate endblocks which sit above the sweeping console jambs.
English, circa 1774.

Provenance: 15 Hanover Square was designed in the 1770s by the architect Charles Cameron for Jervoise Clark (1743-1808) Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight. The chimneypiece was installed there in the 1770s. It was taken out when the house was demolished in 1904 and was subsequently promoted by prominent antique dealers of the time among them Mr Pratt, Messrs Keeble, Gill & Reigate & Sir Charles Allom. It was Illustrated in English Chimneypieces by Guy Cadogan Rothery published by John Tiranti in 1927 (please see the scanned image below).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	86 3⁄16" 219 cms	63 1⁄2" 161.2 cms	12" 30.6 cms
	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms

Stock: 7944

A decorative Georgian style chimneypiece in Statuary & Sienna marble with a moulded breakfront shelf above a central panel. This panel depicts a group of playful putti wrestling a ram, bearing a mask and climbing a tree in a forest setting, bordered by oval paterae and bellflower garlands and putti endblocks over similarly carved jambs. English, circa 1890.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 10350 now sold.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	70" 177.8 cms	59 1⁄2" 151.1 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms
Internal	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	43 1⁄2" 110.5 cms

Stock: 13011

An enormous and grand antique Victorian walnut chimneypiece in the Neoclassical style. The frieze elaborately carved with three pairs of sea serpents alternating with flambeau urns and scallop shells. The shells are repeated on the panelled surround of the opening. Larger scallop shells are set on the endblocks and the jambs have entwined decoration set within panels framed by beading and egg & dart edging. There is a brass plaque fixed to the undershelf with the engraved signature of Carlo Scarselli and the date 1878.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	122 13⁄16" 312 cms	78" 198 cms	22" 56 cms
Internal	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms

Stock: 14780

A tall and finely made white Statuary Marble Georgian chimneypiece. The wide corniced shelf rests above the plain frieze which is centred by a tablet depicting The Triumph of Love. Flanking the frieze are laurel wreathed endblocks above fielded jambs with corbels in the form of stylised fern fronds terminating in bellflowers. This antique fireplace exudes the simple elegance characteristic of the period. English, circa 1790.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	74 13⁄16" 190 cms	59 5⁄8" 151.5 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms
Internal	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	43 5⁄8" 110.8 cms

Stock: 14357

A finely carved Georgian style Statuary Marble mid Victorian antique fireplace surround. The moulded shelf rests above the delicately veined Sienna Marble fluted freeze, with alternating medallions, centred by a large garlanded urn tablet. Oval rosette paterae adorn the endblocks above tall stylised flambeau urn and vase carved detail on the jambs. English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	69 13⁄16" 177.3 cms	57" 144.7 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms

Stock: 14850

A high and handsome large antique Coalbrookdale cast iron Victorian fireplace surround with an athemion decorative frieze centred by a plaque with swag and medallion in the Neoclassical style. The wide shelf above a dentil border rests on a pair of free standing, full round reeded columns with ionic capitals fronting the jambs.
English, circa 1870.

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	width	height	depth
external	75 3⁄8" 191.5 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
internal	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	39 1⁄8" 99.3 cms

Stock: 14246

A very finely carved Neoclassical style antique pine chimneypiece. The shelf, with floral under carving, egg and dart and dentl borders, rests above a delicate stop fluted frieze centred by a large central plaque depicting an allegorical scene of a seated goddess, possibly Eileithyia the Greek Goddess of Childbirth, surrounded by children gathering fruits. The foliate detailed endblocks rest on Ionic capitals above tapering panels with vine entwined rods on the jambs. The opening with an embellished floral edging.
English, early to mid 19th century.

Shown here with firegrate SNo 14748 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 1⁄8" 180.5 cms	56 1⁄2" 143.5 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	43 3⁄16" 109.8 cms
Bottom width	63 7⁄8" 162.3 cms

Stock: 13632

A beautifully carved, highly ornate late 18th century pine and applied gesso twin columned antique chimneypiece. The under shelf, embellished with delicate acanthus leaf detail also seen throughout the fireplace, is set above a frieze centred with a gesso panel of classical figures in a rural setting. The endblocks, with further gesso figures representing the harvest, rest above the two sets of slender twin columns fronting the jambs. Provenance: Purportedly from Thame Park an early Georgian House in Oxfordshire.
English circa 1780.

Please note: There is some cracking to the gesso commensurate with age.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	76 13⁄16" 195 cms	58 1⁄2" 148.5 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms
Internal	49 3⁄8" 125.5 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms
Bottom width	66 1⁄2" 169 cms

Stock: 14397

A fine Edwardian Georgian style Statuary and inlaid Verde Antico marble chimneypiece, with a moulded shelf above inlaid dentil detail, an inlaid fluted frieze with a central tablet of cavorting cherubs flanked by oval panels of hunting cherubs and with finely carved classical maidens on the endblocks set above descending bellflowers, medallions and swags on the jambs.
English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	82 1⁄2" 209.5 cms	65 3⁄16" 165.5 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 cms
Internal	50 1⁄8" 127.2 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms

Stock: 14311

A fine George III white Statuary Marble antique chimneypiece in the manner of Robert Adam. The fluted frieze, centred by a tablet depicting three seated musical maidens, is flanked by further musical maidens on the endblocks which are set above jambs with carved garlanded maidens on podiums and motifs emblematic of Springtime.
English late 18th century.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 13829 not included in the price.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms	55 5⁄8" 141.3 cms	7 3⁄8" 18.7 cms
Internal	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	42 3⁄8" 107.7 cms

Stock: 7667

A fine antique pine fireplace surround in the Georgian manner, with a richly carved floral frieze centred by a large shell cartouche and with lambs tongue, egg & dart undershelf carving and acanthus leaf detail around the opening. We can provide marble slips if desired which would be added to the cost. English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 5⁄8" 164 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms
Internal	46 11⁄16" 118.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 14436

A large and stately Palladian style columned antique fireplace mantel in beautiful finely veined green Campan Marble. The colonnade frieze set with small panels alternating with fluted piers, the jambs fronted by pairs of free standing, tapering columns resting on tall and sturdy panelled footblocks.
Belgian, mid to late 19th century.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 13863 not included in the price.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	67 1⁄8" 170.5 cms	50" 127 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms
Internal	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms

Stock: 8395

A large elegant George III style antique fireplace surround carved in pine & gesso in the style of Adam. The central plaque decorated with Arabesque floral scrolls and urns, set on a stop fluted frieze flanked by oval floral paterae on the endblocks above scrolled jambs with applied acanthus and descending bellflower decoration and with abundant husk detail edging throughout. English, mid to late 19th century.

Shown here with fire grate SNo 8260 now sold.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	77 1⁄2" 196.8 cms	61 1⁄2" 156.2 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
Internal	56 11⁄16" 144.1 cms	48 11⁄16" 123.8 cms

Stock: 14147

A refined and elegant Edwardian Neoclassical style antique fireplace, in white statuary and Verdi Antico marble. The central plaque is decorated with a finely carved urn surrounded by bell flower swags tied with ribbons. The inlaid Verdi Antico Greek key pattern frieze panels are flanked by oval floral paterae end blocks, set beneath the deeply moulded and stepped shelf with dental and pearl bead detail. The jambs are in the form of subtly scrolling, fluted console pilasters over small footblocks. The fireplace opening is framed by a simple moulded architrave.
English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄2" 169 cms	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	40" 101.5 cms

Stock: 11718

A Neoclassical style white statuary antique marble chimneypiece with a deeply moulded shelf, the plain frieze centred by a central plaque decorated with a bell flower swag. The fireplace opening is bordered by gold veined black Portoro marble ingrounds with a white bull nose moulding.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 1⁄2" 146 cms	49" 124.5 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 13350

A very fine and perfectly proportioned Statuary and Sienna marble chimneypiece in the manner of James Wyatt 1746 - 1813, architect to King George III.

The chimneypiece has a beautifully sculpted, inlaid frieze centred with an exquisitely carved tablet depicting a central classical urn hung with flower-bud festoons and flanked by two classical muses. Almost identical tablets by James Wyatt can be seen on the chimneypieces at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk completed in 1799. The frieze panels, either side of the tablet, are inlaid with richly figured Convent Siena marble and overlaid by finely carved roundels depicting musical instruments and centred with classical vases spilling over with fruits, berries and leaves repeated on the end blocks. The bed moulding beneath the frieze is carved with stylised anthemion motifs on trailing stems.

The frieze is supported by attached Ionic columns of finely figured Sienna marble. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a break fronted shelf, the leading edge carved with a bead and reel decoration beneath which is a layer of dentil moulding inlaid with Sienna marble. (Shown together with Register Grate SNo 12910, Andirons SNo 12867 & a pair of Firetools not included in the price.)

English, circa 1880.

Provenance:
Removed from Crowe Hall, a restored Regency Grade II Listed property, near Bath in Somerset, England. The Hall built around 1780 for a Brigadier Crowe was restored after a serious fire in 1926, requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War II and bought in 1961 by Sir Sydney Barratt (1898-1975), the eminent physicist, inventor, industrialist and art connoisseur.

Sir Sydney had inherited from his father a life long passion for The Arts and by 1961 had amassed a superb Collection of mostly 18th century pieces with which he filled the rooms of The Hall replacing the more flamboyant Victorian fire surround in the entrance hall with this exquisite chimneypiece. Sir Sydney died in 1975 and his son John, also a passionate connoisseur of The Arts, took over the stewardship of the Hall. When he died in 2005 the greater part of The Collection was sold at auction at Christie's.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	63" 160 cms	10" 25.5 cms
	52 3⁄16" 132.5 cms	48 5⁄8" 123.5 cms

Stock: 8512

A large and grand painted pine & gesso Adam style Georgian fireplace surround. The breakfront shelf over a foliate decorated central tablet and frieze, supported on tapered columns with Ionic capitals.
Photo before restoration.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	58 1⁄8" 147.5 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 8458

A small early 20th century English Regency style chimneypiece in Statuary Marble with green Scagliola inlaid flutes on the frieze panels and the tapering jambs, the central panel is decorated with a fanned oval paterae with two smaller floral panels either side flanked by oval paterae endblocks.
English, circa 1930.(photo before restoration).

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57" 144.7 cms	42 13⁄16" 108.8 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms
Internal	35 7⁄8" 91.2 cms	36 1⁄2" 92.6 cms

Stock: 13801

A highly decorative carved pine chimneypiece mantel in the George III style. The central plaque on the frieze, depicting three putti carrying a deer, is flanked by floral and fruiting swags. The twin foliate paterae on the endblocks are set above rams heads from which garlands tumble down the jambs. The opening is edged with egg and dart detail.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 13578

A stately and very well proportioned Georgian style breakfront chimneypiece in statuary and verde antico marble. The freeze, inlaid with verde antico blind flutes and centred by a finely carved 18th century tablet depicting Mercury and Venus instructing Cupid, is flanked with simple rectangular endblocks typical of the Georgian period. The fluted columns, surmounted by Ionic capitals, are of a very fine quality. The fireplace opening is edged with egg and dart decoration. Irish circa 1850.

Note: The 18th century tablet replaces the original simpler 19th century tablet of a female mask.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	15" 38 cms
Internal	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms