Victorian Fireplaces - Exceptional Antiques from Westland London
Victorian, including William IV, Arts and Crafts, Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau and Art Deco antique fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces in marble, stone, wood, cast iron and other metals.
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Stock: 15500
An elegant Victorian arched fireplace carved from white statuary marble. The simply moulded shelf is supported by tapered pilaster jambs decorated with trailing foliage, which is echoed on the panelled spandrels which frame the arch. The endblocks are decorated with roses carved in high relief, as is the cluster of oak leaves and acorns crowning the arch.
English, c.1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 11⁄16"
179.7 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118 cms |
12 13⁄16"
32.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Stock: 15441
A Victorian black slate arched fireplace, painted with intertwining Ivy and white Jasmine. The symbolism of flowers was a popular theme in Victorian Britain, with flowers adopted as symbols across the decorative arts. The art of floriography as it was called, was used to convey messages through the language of flowers. Ivy for example, represented eternity, fidelity and friendship. White jasmine, purity and amiability.
Original hand painted decoration.
English, circa 1870.
Insert not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111.1 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15440
A Victorian black slate fireplace with corbels beneath a wide shelf. An abundant festoon of painted summer flowers adorns the frieze and more trail down each jamb. As with fireplace SNo 15441 the symbolism of flowers was a popular theme in Victorian Britain, with flowers adopted as symbols across the decorative arts. The art of floriography as it was called, was used to convey messages through the language of flowers.
English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 7⁄8"
157.3 cms |
44 7⁄8"
114.1 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
36 13⁄16"
93.5 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Stock: 13248
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH PAINTING:
An Aesthetic Movement Register Grate and Walnut Fire Surround.
The fire surround has a breakfront shelf above a frieze with alternating rosette panelled designs, curiously the left set differs from those on the right, the frieze is centred by the initials EC and the date 1875, and the opening is set with Ashburton marble slips. The integral Register Grate has ten hand painted tiles, four of which depict 17th century Dutch Painters, who were of the Dutch Realist School of Genre Painting in Utrecht, Delft & Leiden or Amsterdam.
The Integral Register Grate has ten hand painted tiles, four of which depict 17th century Dutch Painters, all of whom were of the Dutch Realist School of Genre Painting in Utrecht, Delft and Leiden or Amsterdam.
The painters are from the bottom left:
WOUTER CRABET(H) (1594 – 1644) The School of Delft and the most important Dutch Golden Age artist in the town of Gouda.
LEONARD BRAMER (1596 – 1667) The School of Delft an established painter of note who had studied in Italy & who later became a pupil of Rembrandt.
REMBRANDT Harmensz van Rijn (1606 – 1669) whose artistic ability could not be contained within the confines of Dutch Realism. A grand manner artist in his depictions of the drama of the Bible and an acute portraitist, including many famous portraits of himself, capturing the complete range of human emotions.
GERARD DOU (1613 – 1675) a pupil of Rembrandt & founder of the Painters Guild of Leiden another Dutch Golden Age painter he specialised in genre scenes & was noted for his trompe l’oeil and candlelit night-scenes.
English Dated 1875.
NOTE- The walnut surround was probably manufactured by Gillows of Lancaster as they manufactured the original furnishings for the property in Windemere from which this fireplace was removed.
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Width |
Height |
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79 1⁄2"
202 cms |
64 5⁄8"
164 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14164
A large Yorkstone Aesthetic Movement antique fireplace surround. The high moulded and generous shelf is decorated with fans alternating with stylised floral detail set above a frieze with eight rosettes centred with Cornish Serpentine marble, the whole is supported on columned jambs flanking its original Minton tiled insert register grate and is shown with integral fireplace kerb. English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64"
162.5 cms |
57 11⁄16"
146.5 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 15223
A large arched Statuary Marble Victorian fireplace surround of simple design with Sienna Marble inlay. The wide stepped and moulded shelf sits above the arched opening with it's central paneled keystone and carved spandrels flanked by a pair of wide paneled inset jambs.
English, mid 19th century.
Shown here with firegrate SNo 15121 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 5⁄8"
192 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.7 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14321
A mid Victorian white Statuary Marble fireplace with boldly carved floral corbels flanking the plain frieze which is centred by a basket of summer flowers. English, circa 1860.
Shown here with insert Stock No 14341 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74"
188 cms |
48 1⁄4"
122.8 cms |
14 13⁄16"
37.6 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄16"
102.2 cms |
38 7⁄8"
98.8 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15149
A Victorian Neoclassical style cast iron fire surround with a fluted frieze and a central floral plaque. English, circa 1890.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
9 1⁄4"
23.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,250 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15185
A substantial lightly veined Statuary Marble mid Victorian chimneypiece. The wide moulded shelf above the plain frieze is supported by two large scrolled corbels on wide pilaster jambs.
English, circa 1850.
Shown here with register grate SNo 14837 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
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68 1⁄2"
174 cms |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
12 13⁄16"
32.5 cms |
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38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Listed Price: £11,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15150
A decorative Victorian cast iron fire surround. The frieze with depictions of birds perched on branches and a central flower filled vase flanked by large floral paterae on the endblocks above foliate panelled jambs. English, circa 1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 3⁄16"
160.5 cms |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
10"
25.5 cms |
| Internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 15080
A very large and fine example of a Victorian burnished cast iron Coalbrookdale chimney piece in the Georgian Neoclassical manner of Robert Adam. The decorative urn on the freeze beneath the wide shelf is flanked by swags which in turn are flanked by pairs on lidded urns on the end blocks above twin pilasters with descending foliate detail.
English, the Coalbrookdale foundry mark and the number 367840 are on the back as is shown in the last image and date it to 1881.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 7⁄8"
200.3 cms |
55 1⁄4"
140.5 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
| Internal |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,600 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15083
A large decorative Adam style cast iron Victorian fire surround with wide moulded shelf above an egg and dart band.The central panel on the frieze with quivers and arrows is flanked by ribboned foliate swags. The sturdy panelled jambs embellished with ropes of descending bellflowers. English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 11⁄16"
179.6 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
11 1⁄8"
28.2 cms |
| Internal |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,200 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15087
A small but delightfully ornate Victorian cast iron fireplace surround. The high moulded shelf, above a reeded panel, surmounts the shaoed frieze decorated with a profusion of birds, sprigs, stylised flowers and berries. The integral grate sits within an arched frame of cross hatching and paterae.English, circa 1870.
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Height |
Depth |
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37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
39 3⁄16"
99.5 cms |
6 1⁄2"
16.6 cms |
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Stock: 15082
A Victorian cast iron fire surround in the Neoclassical style with a foliate band beneath the wide stepped and moulded shelf, an ornate floral central design on the frieze and with angled columned jamb. English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 1⁄2"
156.2 cms |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
8 5⁄8"
21.8 cms |
| Internal |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14536
An elegant and large Aesthetic Movement, bordering on Reformed Gothic, antique fireplace surround in Pencil Statuary Marble with a wide moulded shelf. The main body of the fireplace, set with bands of Tinos Verde Marble, is enhanced by finely cut and gilded motifs, two of which are inset with Tinos Verde Marble bosses. The gently arched opening is bordered with stylised anthemion detail. English, circa 1870.
Shown here with fire grate 14703.
The Aesthetic Movement flourished in Britain in the 1870s and 1880s and was a reaction against and in stark contrast to the perceived fussy, overbearing and conservative Victorian artistic traditions. Those championing the Movement believed that " art exists for the sake of its beauty alone, and that it need serve no political, didactic, or other purpose. "
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
83 7⁄8"
213 cms |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.7 cms |
| Internal |
43 7⁄8"
111.5 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,600 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15081
A large Neoclassical style cast iron Victorian fire surround. The central stylised urn with scrolling foliate fronds and a pair of rod and bead edged panels on the frieze are flanked by oval paterae on the endblocks. The stop fluted jambs are topped by long leaf capitals and the opening is framed with egg and dart banding. English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
67 3⁄8"
171.2 cms |
55 1⁄4"
140.5 cms |
11 3⁄16"
28.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15151
A substantial Victorian cast iron fireplace surround in the Neoclassical style. The central plaque on the panelled frieze set with quiver and arrows flanked by garlands. The panelled jambs with decorated with descending bellflowers English, circa 1890.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 11⁄16"
169.5 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
37 11⁄16"
95.7 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14777
A very large and majestic arched Victorian antique fireplace mantel in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The wide moulded shelf rests above the broad arched fireplace opening, centred by a panelled keystone, is framed by finely carved, bound laurel torus moulding flanked by a pair of carved laurel wreaths on the panelled spandrels. The whole is supported on large shaped footblocks.
English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
87 5⁄8"
222.5 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 14734
A 19th century Victorian period Statuary and Siena Marble antique fireplace surround in the Neoclassical style. The panelled sienna frieze is centred by a floral and foliate tablet flanked by rosette paterae on the endblocks above siena panelled jambs raised on plain footblocks. Belgian, late 19th century.
(Shown with fire grate SNo 14703 not included in the price)
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 11⁄16"
166.8 cms |
45 3⁄8"
115.3 cms |
10"
25.5 cms |
| Internal |
48 1⁄2"
123.3 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Listed Price: £10,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14708
A wide arched Victorian fireplace surround in subtle Pencil Statuary Marble. The plain frieze with a small central panel beneath a shaped breakfront moulded shelf, above the arched opening with simple central keystone and with carved detail on the spandrels.
English, mid 19th century.
Shown here with firegrate SNo 14370 not included and not yet on the web
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 11⁄16"
200 cms |
50"
127 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
39 1⁄8"
99.2 cms |
36 1⁄2"
92.6 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,600 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14381
An exceptional Edwardian Chinese Chippendale style, burnished cast iron antique fireplace surround and integral overmantel. The overmantel, with a pierced fretwork crest, is set above an oval shaped recess probably meant to frame a mirror or a painting. The recess is surrounded by a blind fretwork geometric decoration with a shelf to either side over a further mantel shelf supported on a central demi-lune bracket above ribbon tied floral swag detail. The jambs are fronted by a pair of tall, slim fluted pilaster columns.
English circa 1910.
Notes: There is a model number to the back 'No: 342' .
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58 7⁄8"
149.5 cms |
79 7⁄8"
203 cms |
9 3⁄8"
24 cms |
| Internal |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 6582
A substantial antique Victorian Belgian Black and Red Griotte marble fireplace. The fluted frieze, set below the deeply moulded shelf is centred with two foliate paterae plaques separated by a small raised panel, flanked by simple curved end blocks, supported on round cornered panelled jambs. The fireplace opening is framed by generous deep Red Griotte marble mouldings delicately carved with stylised Acanthus leaf decoration in the Greek manner with small round floral paterae to the top corners, above the large moulded foot blocks.
Belgian late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
69 1⁄4"
176 cms |
51"
129.5 cms |
17 5⁄8"
44.7 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10272
A small and elegant Gothic Revival antique chimneypiece in attractive brown coral fossil marble, with a simple moulded shelf above a slow arched opening and with recessed Gothic panels on the jambs resting on plain footblocks.
English mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 3⁄8"
145.8 cms |
45 1⁄8"
114.5 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
| Internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
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Stock: 14163
A large 19th century white Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround in the Jacobean manner with a deep moulded shelf, the frieze embellished with boldly carved strapwork detail echoed on the volute jambs.
English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
77 5⁄8"
197 cms |
49 3⁄8"
125.5 cms |
13 3⁄16"
33.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 14362
A tall antique cast iron fireplace surround with a high and wide moulded shelf above a deep entablature with an ornate vase of fruit amid scrolling foliage on the arched frieze and scrolled detail on the jambs.
English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
62"
157.5 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 13627
A tall and stately rosewood and ebony chimneypiece and overmantle in the
French Baroque manner. The overmantle mirror, framed with egg and dart
& fleur de lys decoration, is set beneath a large cartouche centred with a
monogrammed boss with the letters FF and is flanked by ebony lozenge detail and ribboned foliate festoons.
The fireplace, with panels of foliate decoration on the frieze and endblocks,
is supported by a pair of free standing, elaborately carved ebony columns
fronting the jambs and framing the slow arched opening which is edged
with egg and dart detail and further ribboned foliate festoons.
French, mid to late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
101 3⁄8"
257.5 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
| Internal |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 13254
A mid 19th century lightly veined white statuary marble fireplace, with plain frieze and supporting jambs, the endblocks are decorated with floral bouquets beneath the deep and wide shelf. Recently removed from a house in Kensington, London, once the home of the American actress Ava Gardner.
Mid, 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 1⁄2"
179 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 13324
A burnished Victorian cast iron fireplace in the Neoclassical style with a break front shelf above an egg and dart fringe, the stop fluted frieze centred by a pretty urn and a foliate decorated plaque, flanked by bullseye end blocks and with trailing bell flowers surrounding the opening.
English, 1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 3⁄16"
160.5 cms |
53"
134.5 cms |
10 3⁄16"
25.8 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
37 11⁄16"
95.7 cms |
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Listed Price: £3,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 13073
A tall polished cast iron surround the moulded mantle above a stylised motif decorated frieze, with twin corinthian style fluted pilaster jambs raised on large foot blocks. Originally designed to be a surround for a stove. Cast into the back are the words ' The Home Ruler'.
English Registered Number 50859 for 1887, made by the O'Brien Thomas Foundry see image below.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
14 5⁄8"
37 cms |
| Internal |
29 1⁄8"
74 cms |
45 7⁄8"
116.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £2,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12817
DARK CHOCOLATE: A tall and slim highly unusual glazed white terracotta fireplace surround in dark chocolate brown, the frieze centred by a rectangular plaque with brass vents to either side and two pairs of tiled lion masks on the end blocks above floral decoration tumbling down the jambs supported on substantial footblocks.
Mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
51 13⁄16"
131.5 cms |
7 1⁄2"
19 cms |
| Internal |
20 7⁄8"
53 cms |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
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Stock: 7873
A large grey Ashburton Marble fireplace surround in the Tudor Gothic manner with fine pink and white veining and with deeply recessed mouldings above footblocks topped by decorative finial knobs.
English, circa 1850.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
73 1⁄8"
185.7 cms |
50 5⁄8"
128.5 cms |
5 1⁄2"
14 cms |
| Internal |
54 1⁄8"
137.5 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £11,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12291
An early Victorian carved limestone Chimneypiece with a large moulded shelf over a convex panelled frieze flanked by large roundels / bull's eyes, supported on rectangular panelled jambs. Image before restoration. English, circa 1840.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64 3⁄16"
163 cms |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
4 1⁄2"
11.5 cms |
| Internal |
32 7⁄8"
83.5 cms |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11280
A rare Victorian Arts & Crafts Arched chimneypiece in the manner of Edwin Lutyens. Carved in white statuary marble, with a spaced stylised dentil under the coffered integral shelf. The segmented frieze with the indented arch, set with three winged shields.
English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62 3⁄8"
158.5 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10466
An early 19th century burnished 'bulls-eye' cast-iron antique fireplace mantle.
Circa 1830.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
51 13⁄16"
131.6 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
7 5⁄8"
19.3 cms |
| Internal |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 10041
A large and imposing Victorian arched fireplace carved in Italian white marble with a scrolled central keystone, over a carved rope twist arched opening. The massive plain moulded shelf is supported on twin scrolled corbels supported by twin pilasters with carved guilloche motif inset in the panels.
English, mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
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81"
205.7 cms |
48"
121.9 cms |
15 1⁄2"
39.4 cms |
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39"
99.1 cms |
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Victorian and Edwardian Fireplaces (1837-1910)
Our wide range of Victorian fireplaces make up one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of antique chimneypieces and mantels found anywhere in the world.
As the Edwardian era followed and overlapped the Victorian Era, we have also included our Edwardian fireplaces in this section.
The History
The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837 to 1901) - and this being one of the longest reigns of a British monarch, her time as Queen saw not only a change of centuries, but also various transitions of interior styles and fashions.
As the Industrial Revolution flourished, mass production meant more goods were readily available, with the emerging middle classes beginning to take pride in decorating their homes with items that had previously only been available to the wealthy.
Victorian Design Features
Victorian furniture, such as a Victorian Fireplace, was rarely consistent with one particular style - revival styles such as Gothic and Rococo were among the most common to be seen in furniture designs during this time.
Designs from the Victorian era often featured combinations of earlier styles, and were greatly influenced by travels to the Far East and The Orient - a new sense of the exotic began to influence design and style as can be seen in Art Nouveau and Art Deco pieces.
The function of the Victorian Fireplace - The Heart of the Home
Early- and mid-Victorian fireplace designs are characterised by elegance and ornate, intricate designs and colours, often focused on floral patterns which have proved to be very popular in modern-day reproductions.
Later Victorian fire surround designs became more geometric with clean lines, but both late and earlier designs are a true reflection of the distinctive skills possessed by craftsmen at the time.
Victorian fireplaces stood at the heart of the home and were considered to be the focal point of the room. Fireplace sizes would have depended on the room in question - for example, areas where guests were received featured fireplaces and mantels of the grandest designs.
These Victorian fireplaces were made of a number of different materials, including Victorian cast iron fireplaces, white marble fireplaces and gothic marble fireplaces.
Along with the grandeur and ornamentation of the Victorian fireplace surround and mantel, Victorian fireplace screens - which had previously served solely functional purposes, shielding family and friends from excessive hear - gave Victorian women an opportunity to display their decorating skills.
Victorian fireplaces are always a stunning centrepiece as soon as you walk through the living room door. They are among the most sought after and popular types of antique mantels to be found in British homes today, as people strive to restore original period property features and incorporate antique styles into their modern homes.
The Edwardian Era and the Edwardian Fireplace
The Edwardian Era covers the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. However, this is sometimes extended from the 1890s to the First World War to capture long-term trends. Edwardian homes were designed with larger halls and living rooms with an emphasis on air and light.
By the late 1890s it became more common for homes of the middle to upper class to have electricity, phones, indoor plumbing, and even a car.
Edwardian architecture is generally less ornate than Victorian architecture except for the Edwardian Baroque revival which prized one thing above all and that was showing off.
The Edwardian fireplaces were simpler than the Victorian and often featured Georgian and Art Nouveau details.
About us: Westland London
Westland London, established in 1969, specialise in fine period chimneypieces, fireplace accessories, fine furniture and lighting, as well as decorative and architectural antiques.
We have built one of the finest and largest collections of antique chimneypieces in the world spanning the period from the 15th to the early 20th century; the product of more than fifty years of experience in the trade.
As specialists in antique fireplaces, Westland London has a team of restorers who have worked hard to ensure that each piece is preserved for centuries to come. These craftsmen have over 30 years of experience using traditional techniques and antique tools to bring these pieces back to life.
We know that buying an antique fireplace can be especially challenging and Westland London are always happy to help, whether it is looking at architectural plans, liaising with contractors, making an adjustment to ensure the perfect fit, or just being on hand to guide you through different Victorian fireplace ideas and the selection process.
Westland London has clients from all over the world, so we ship pieces internationally - whether it is the largest of fireplaces, or the most delicate of chandeliers.
Why not browse through our stock of Victorian fireplaces for sale above and we also encourage you to see them in the flesh at our very own London showroom, with 14,000 sq ft of galleries to explore. Here are our full FAQs and please don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.