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Stock: 15156

A good sized cast iron Victorian fireplace surround with a band of small decorative urns beneath the moulded shelf. The foliate detailed barrel frieze is centred with a stylised rosette flanked by acanthus endblocks and the barrel detail is repeated on the jambs. English, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 13⁄16" 157 cms	51" 129.5 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms
Internal	37 5⁄8" 95.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 15172

A large and fine early Regency Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround delicately elegant in it's simplicity. The moulded shelf sits above a plain frieze centred by a swag, rosette and ribbon enhanced tablet. The stylised vases with bellflower drapes on the endblocks rest above attached tapering columns on the jambs supported on stepped footblocks. English, circa 1800. .

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	63 1⁄8" 160.3 cms	53 1⁄8" 134.8 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms
Internal	42 3⁄8" 107.6 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms

Stock: 11376

A late 18th century antique fireplace mantel in Statuary and Spanish Brocatelle marble. The breakfront shelf over a frieze with inlaid Brocatelle marble fluting, interspersed by delicate rosette paterae in statuary marble, flanked by florally carved endblocks on tapering fluted jambs and with wide Brocatelle ingrounds.
English circa 1780.

Known provenance.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	69 1⁄4" 176 cms	58 11⁄16" 149 cms	6" 15.3 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 104.8 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms

Stock: 14993

A pair of large and rare ornate bronze, Regency gate post lanterns with four tapering glass panels. The domed bronze cap is surmounted by a circle of stele crests beneath a corona and a large flambeau finial. We can easily adapt them into hanging lanterns if desired. English, early 19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 14608

An antique cast iron fireback panel in the Neocalssical style with a charming depiction of cherubs at work in a forge framed by a foliate wreath, bellflowers and sprigs. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 15177

A sturdy and comfortable bombe shaped Art Deco wicker armchair stained in the traditional apple green and with diamond pattern motif. English, 1920's.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 14811

An enchanting, romantic 'Tangled by Roses', oil on board Victorian painting of a maiden wandering in a garden in the manner of John Everett Millais. It bears the monogram J.E.M. and the date 1869 to the bottom right hand corner. English, circa 1860.

Notes: The handling of the foliage and flowers is extremely fine, with an enormous amount of detail. The image is infused with symbolism, the purity of the girl's white dress and the roses which symbolise love are studded with thorns, to warn of the dangers of love. Ivy is a symbol of eternity and fidelity.

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	width without frame	height without frame	depth
	15" 38 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 14085

A small and delightful Louis XVI style antique fire surround crafted in boldly stated Breche Violette Marble together with its original rather fine steel and brass insert framed within a well defined brass overlapping laurel leaf band, the opening edged with a brass tongue and dart border.
French, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
external	49 3⁄8" 125.5 cms	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	14" 35.5 cms
internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 6590

A charming marble and bronze Art Deco sculpture of a young woman feeding a deer mounted on a Portoro Marble base. There is a signature for A. Saccard to the rear. French, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 15165

A beautifully carved Louis XV limestone Rococo chimneypiece. The moulded shelf is integral to the frieze which is carved from the solid and bears a central shell cartouche above the shaped opening. The C scrolled tapering panelled jambs are surmounted by carved shell detail. French, circa 1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 13⁄16" 159.5 cms	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms

Stock: 9936

A set of three large Arts & Crafts pictorial, leather panels depicting a Medieval scene of a knight mounted on his charger returning to a walled city of towers, possibly Camelot, watched by maidens and figures in a rural landscape. Probably originally part of a room screen. We have had these leather panels restored and preserved. English, late 19th century.

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	width overall	height	depth
	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	68 1⁄8" 173 cms

Stock: 15116

An ornate brass and iron Rococo style serpentine fireplace fender with a pair of integral urn fashioned tool rests. The frieze, embellished with exhuberantly scrolling acanthus leaves and tendrils, is centred by a seated putti. English, mid 19th century.

The fire tools shown in the second image are SNo 13698 and are not yet on the web or included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63 13⁄16" 162 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 10187

A well proportioned Regency style Statuary Marble fireplace surround. The panelled frieze centred by a rosette medallion framed by inlaid Spanish Brocatelle Marble within delicately carved entwined stem edged panels, echoed on the endblocks and the jambs. Identical to SNo 10058. English, mid 19th Century.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 13822 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	68 1⁄8" 173 cms	51 5⁄8" 131 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	40" 101.5 cms	38 1⁄4" 97.2 cms

Stock: 11362

A very fine authentic replica of 17th century Italian Baroque fireplace surround carved from the solid in three sections in beige, pale yellow and rose, faintly veined Nembro Marble.The frieze, integral with the shelf, is centred by a cartouche carved in characteristic Lombardian high relief and possibly inspired by marine life. The whole is supported by a pair of moulded jambs. Italian, mid 20th century.

Shown here with andirons SNo 10202 recently sold.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	9 13⁄16" 24.8 cms
Internal	51 3⁄16" 130 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms

Stock: 15119

A pair of tall and substantial Louis XIV Baroque style pierced brass andirons with spire finials above beautifully cut and ornate orbs supported on sturdy splayed feet enhanced by a pair of smiling grotesque masks. French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms

Stock: 13566

A wonderful set of four very large & beautiful opaque glass pendant lights. The bowls with heavy bronze coronas are suspended from a four branch bronze bracket extending through each bowl to a finial screw, each hung from their original chains. English, circa 1900. English, circa 1900.

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	Diameter	Entire Drop	Drop of shade
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 14722

A Louis XVI style antique fireplace surround in finely coloured and veined Skyros Marble. This unusual and attractive marble, quarried on the Greek island of Skyros and otherwise known as Skaris Marble, was first discovered by the Romans and was one of the most important marbles used by their architects and sculptors throughout the Roman Empire. It is understood that the marble extraction on the island ceased with the coming of World War II (1939-1945).
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 1⁄4" 145.5 cms	43 1⁄2" 110.5 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms

Stock: 14987

A charming and finely carved Alabaster bust of an Art Nouveau maiden with demurely downcast cast eyes. Her casually elegant hairstyle adorned by an entwined leaf wreath and she is raised on a rouge and grey marble base. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 14866

A Louis XV style Belgian Black Marble antique Rococo fireplace surround with a shaped moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by a plain roundel flanked by corbelled endblocks above fluted and scrolled angled jambs.
French, late 19th century.

(Shown here with andirons SNo 12469 not included).

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	63" 160 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms
Internal	41 1⁄8" 104.5 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 14787

A large and grand Victorian walnut fireplace surround. The corniced, breakfront shelf resting on a plain frieze, beneath a dentil border, is centred by a carved plaque of mythical beasts. The large cartouche endblocks above tall ornately carved panels topped by ancone brackets fronting the jambs. The plain frame around the fireplace opening is centred by a carving of vases, frond and fruits amid acanthus foliage and a pair of intriguing, playful putti.
English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	87 13⁄16" 223 cms	65 3⁄8" 166 cms	9 13⁄16" 24.9 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	48 13⁄16" 124 cms

Stock: 15122

A very fine example of a Louis XVI style Statuary Marble fireplace surround. The breakfront shelf rests above a bead framed frieze centred by a delicately carved ribboned, leaf and berry wreath and sprigs, flanked on the endblocks by square foliate paterae. The tapering jambs are surmounted by large acanthus leaf corbels above rope moulding.
French, mid 19th century.

Shown here with a pair of andirons SNo 15115 not included.

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	width	height	depth
External	61 1⁄2" 156.2 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	9 5⁄8" 24.5 cms
Internal	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	33 1⁄4" 84.7 cms

Stock: 15124

A large, late Victorian Derbyshire Fossil Limestone Bolection fire surround with a polished satin finish. The moulded frieze and jambs raised on substantial and sturdy footblocks.
English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄8" 168 cms	48" 122 cms	4 1⁄8" 10.3 cms
Internal	50" 127 cms	40" 101.5 cms

Stock: 15084

A large and attractive antique cast iron fire surround in the Neoclassical style. The breakfront shelf, above dentil and foliate detailed bands, rests above the stop fluted frieze with its decorative central panel of an urn surrounded by scrolling foliage and flowers.The end blocks are set with rosette paterae and the opening is framed by strings of linked buds and ribboned flowers.
Victorian, circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	63 1⁄8" 160.3 cms	53" 134.5 cms	9 3⁄16" 23.4 cms
Internal	37 3⁄16" 94.5 cms	37 5⁄8" 95.5 cms

Stock: 14666

A 19th century polished Belgian Black and Verde Antico marble Flemish fireplace surround in the High Renaissance style. The moulded shelf rests above a panelled frieze with a verde antico central lozenge and cushioned marble panels flanked by square bossed endblocks above tapering, full round free standing verde antico marble columns resting on sturdy footblocks.
Flemish, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 13⁄16" 154.5 cms	51 3⁄16" 130 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms
Internal	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms

Stock: 15110

A boldly veined, white English Marble fire surround in the traditional late Victorian style with large corbels on substantial jambs beneath the wide shelf.
English, late 19th century.

Shown with register grate 15093 ot included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	68 7⁄8" 175 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 15027

A Louis XV style large and wide antique cast iron fireplace insert in the Rococo style with a central fleur de lys emblem detail and with foliate and floral detail and tied rope edging on the curved panels.French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height
External	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms
Internal	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	24 3⁄16" 61.5 cms

Stock: 15062

A decorative Louis XV, Rococo style fire surround in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The shaped and moulded shelf rests above a scrolling frieze centred by a fine, large foliate and floral cartouche flanked by scrolled endblocks above angled panelled jambs terminating with foliate detail above plain footblocks. French, late 19th century.

Shown with fire basket SNo 14898 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 11⁄16" 146.5 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	17 5⁄8" 44.8 cms
Internal	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	34 7⁄8" 88.7 cms

Stock: 15026

A fine and large Louis XIV cast iron fireplace insert. The curved panels, with a central cartouche, are embellished throughout with scrolling foliage and swags in the Rococo manner. French, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	48 5⁄8" 123.5 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 15069

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

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

Stock: 15107

A large Edwardian, George III style brass and polished steel fire grate surmounted by two pairs of baluster finials and a cut and engraved apron of stylised scrolling foliage with beaded edging.The grate is supported on a pair of tapering column standards raised on shaped feet. English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	13" 33 cms
Back width	17 1⁄2" 44.5 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: 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

Stock: 15068

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

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

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

Stock: 14650

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

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

Stock: 12734

A large Victorian limestone fireplace surround in the Elizabethan style with carved shields and highly stylised mythical beasts carved on the spandrels. Image before restoration. English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 1⁄4" 155.6 cms	49" 124.5 cms	6" 15.2 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms