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Stock: 15773

A fine 18th century eight day bracket or table clock by Thomas Coxworthy, with a brass bound flame mahogany veneered case and silvered dial. The arched silvered dial has both Roman and Arabic numerals, which at its centre has the smaller calendar dial, and above, a strike/silent dial.
The eight day movement has a verge escapement - a feature of early clocks - and also strikes the hour on a gong. The brass backplate of the movement is beautifully engraved with foliate decoration, a mark of quality and attention to detail.

By Thomas Coxworthy of Plymouth of whom little is known aside from the fact his workshop was based at Plymouth Dock. English, c.1770.

Provenance: Dean's Farmhouse, Stratford-sub-Castle, Salisbury.

	Width	Height
	11" 28 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15665

A pair of large Arts and Crafts copper andirons, possibly with a connection to the Newlyn School in Cornwall. These beautiful and unusual andirons are topped with foliate finials, mounted on obelisk like shafts with splayed feet, profusely decorated with floral and foliate motifs in repoussé work creating a wonderful low relief design. Beautiful quality craftsmanship.
English, possibly Cornish, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms	28" 71 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms

Stock: 15572

A fine and large nineteenth-century Gothic Revival oak bracket clock, with a silvered dial.

The clock has an eight day, triple fusee, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and chimes the quarters on either eight or four bells, "Westminster chimes" and strikes the hours on a single gong.
The finely engraved silvered arched top brass dial with Roman numerals has three subsidiary dials, namely; strike or silent, slow or fast, Westminster chime, or chime on 8 bells. Engraved spandrels frame the chapter ring. The case is the perfect incarnation of the Gothic Revival, the cathedral case topped with spires and finials which are supported by cluster pilasters whilst the dial is framed with a foliate ogee window.
English, circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	26" 66 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15765

An early 20th century display pedestal in a soft green serpentine marble, with a touch of the Art Deco in the scalloped volutes at the base of the column. A round capital and an octagonal base.
English, c.1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15737

A German Neo-Gothic oak armchair attributed to Edwin Oppler (1831-1880). The chair bears the inscription 'Ernst is das leben, heiter die kunst', or 'Life is Serious, Art is Cheerful' on wonderfully carved banners unfurling amongst Gothic tracery. The motto is taken from Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein Trilogy of 1800. The chair is beautifully carved and the letter G is inscribed within a shield on the top rail. It has been suggested that this is to indicate George V, son of Ernst August the last King of Hanover.

German, c.1850. Later upholstery.

Edwin Oppler was a well-regarded German Jewish Architect, and a proponent of the Neo-Gothic style. He came to know the Gothic style when he worked on the restoration of Notre Dame in Paris. His style then evolved to encompass what had so inspired him in this great Gothic masterpiece. His connection with George V arose when he took over the project of Schloss Marienburg from Conrad Wilhelm Hase in 1864, where he also designs furniture that shares many characteristics with this chair.
In his career, he went on to design many synagogues, all of which were tragically destroyed during Kristallnacht.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23" 58.5 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 15747

An unusual Victorian Fire Tool Stand with Rococo base.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15517

A fine mid-nineteenth century eight-day longcase clock by W.J. Frodsham of Change Alley, London within a mahogany and marquetry case.
The eight day, triple train, four pillar movement with anchor escapement, chimes the quarters on either eight or four bells, "Westminster chimes" and strikes the hours on a single gong. The 12 inch arched top brass dial with strike / silent lever and four bell chime / eight bell chime lever, has a silvered chapter ring with gilt brass putti and crown spandrels, beneath an oval cartouche engraved with the maker, W.J.Frodsham, Change Alley, London.
The fine marquetry - almost Rococo in design - depicts two lovers walking within a pastoral scene, and is framed by foliate scrolls and floral sprays.
English, circa 1840.

Notes:
The first recorded clockmaker by the name Frodsham was a William Frodsham, born in 1728 and is believed to have worked as a Journeyman for Justin Vulliamy, who was clockmaker to George III. In the early 19th century, the family were established as clockmakers, and entered a partnership with the well-regarded chronometer makers, the Parkinson’s and the business became Parkinson & Frodsham of 4 Change Alley. After the death of William Parkinson, the firm became W J Frodsham’s in 1842, until he handed the business over to his sons in 1847 the year that those sons were admitted to the Clockmakers’ Company. In subsequent years, the Frodshams exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 and 1889, developing and international reputation for quality.

Condition notes: A very slight warp to the bottom of the trunk door.

	width	height	depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	95 1⁄2" 242.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 15643

A Reflection of American History -

An ornate convex mirror of grand proportions topped with an eagle on a rocky summit.
Interestingly the mirror, thought to be of American origins, is decorated with 24 spheres around the frame, whilst another sphere hangs on a chain suspended from the mouth of the eagle. This possibly symbolises the 24 established states of the USA, with the state of Arkansas represented by a ball hanging from the mouth of the eagle, the country's emblem. This shows that Arkansas joining the USA is quite literally hanging in the balance.
With this information, we can date the mirror to 1835-1836.

American, 1836. Awaiting restoration, included in the price.

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	Width	Height
	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 15675

Victorian Eccentricity

This whimsical fireplace embodies the Victorian period. It is a celebration of marble in its infinite variety, featuring five different marbles, namely, breccia marrone, verde antico, Cornish serpentine, Belgian black and arabescato marble. The wide shelf sits above the gently arched frieze, which is supported by pairs of Serpentine pilasters mounted on generous footblocks.
Original marble fender included. (Fender measurements: 171cms wide, 15.5cms high, 43cms deep, 72cms deep from wall.)

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78 1⁄8" 198.5 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	15 1⁄8" 38.4 cms
Internal	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 15595

An ornate fire screen of excellent quality, the handle fashioned from opposing torch bearing putti and the frame decorated with a border of bound laurel and foliate scrolls. The central applied decoration depicts a bagpipe, tambourine, a summer hat and foliate sprays.
English, c.1880. Awaiting restoration.

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	Width	Height
	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms

Stock: 15716

An elegant and unusual set of steel 19th century fire tools, with faceted stems and a pierced shovel.
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 15682

An unusual and compact cast iron Renaissance Revival fire basket, the arched pediment back decorated with an armorial cartouche and faceted andirons.
English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Back width	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 15661

A large cast iron and polished brass fire basket in the neo-classical style, the arched pediment back decorated with laurel sprays and scrolled acanthus corners. Below this, the four barred grate is flanked by neoclassical urnular andirons and is framed by a pierced and scrolled apron.
English, Circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back Width	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms

Stock: 14441

A large Regency cast iron hob grate of ornate design, with a foliate pediment back over sturdy bars.
English, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 13344

Antique cast iron fire basket, supported on brass baluster andirons on scrolled feet. The grate, has unusual bars reminiscent of the Aesthetic movement, and a tall decorative back.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back Width	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 7147

A large heraldic painted glass window roundel depicting the royal arms of England, the three lions passant surrounded by red glass of varying shades.
English, c.1920.

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	Diameter
	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 15669

A charming Aesthetic Movement fire grate with a central sunflower radiating from the shaped back plate, which is echoed by the finely cast brass sunflower finials crowning the andirons. These frame the front bars, which are elegantly bowed, and just beneath them are delicate fan spandrels.
English, c.1890.

The sunflower was considered the emblem of the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, its proponents believing it to signify lasting happiness and adoration – key principles of aestheticism. The movement embodied the principle of Art for Art's sake, and focused on beauty and harmony in its purest visual form.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27" 68.5 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 15724

A large and finely carved 19th century Italian marble lidded urn, decorated with trailing grape vines and and dramatic handles, modelled as grinning and horned satyrs. The body of the urn is carved with two cartouches, one depicting a nymph bathing in a pool whilst a satyr observes, hidden by bullrushes. The other depicts an a satyr and a goat in an amorous and playful embrace. After the antique.

Italian, c.1850.

Could be situated in a sheltered spot in a garden or courtyard, but equally suited to an interior setting.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28" 71 cms	40" 101.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 15638

A pair of high backed 17th century Carolean chairs, with a carved arched crest back, which is repeated in the arched front stretcher, and a solid panelled back framed by turned rails and supported on turned legs. Solid boarded recessed seats. Rich dark patination and in lovely original condition.
English, Charles II, c.1670.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms

Stock: 15598

An 18th century bronze sundial, the dial plate inscribed Bywater Dawson & Co. Liverpool, on a substantial 19th century cast iron base, mounted on a millstone.
English, 18th century with 19th century base.

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	Width	Height	Depth
without stone base	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
with stone base	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	61" 155 cms

Stock: 15302

An unusual 19th century cast iron fire basket of exceptional quality with applied armorials and a Latin motto which reads LUX TUA VIA MEA, or Thy Light is My Way. This motto is associated with the Blount family, and this fire basket was acquired from Mawley Hall in Shropshire, their family seat. Likely to have been made on the estate.
English, c.1870.

Provenance: Mawley Hall, Shropshire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	37" 94 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15640

A grand 19th century French giltwood and gesso wall mirror or overmantel mirror in the Louis XVI style. The mirror is surmounted by a floral garland and crossed quiver and torch, either side of which are mounted flaming urns. The central mirror plate is bordered by 4 marginal plates for added decorative value. A beautiful mirror that would work as either a wall or an overmantel mirror.
French, c.1860.

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	Width	Height
	37" 94 cms	65" 165 cms

Stock: 14318

A gorgeous Jeckyll Aesthetic movement fireplace insert, the iron cast with Japanese inspired prunus blossom and butterfly motifs and the handpainted blue and white tiles decorated with flowers and foliage.
English, c.1870 and manufactured by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard.

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	width	height	depth
	35" 89 cms	37" 94 cms	2 5⁄8" 6.6 cms

Stock: 15555

A pair of late Victorian display cabinets, ebonised and chequer inlaid with amboyna and purplewood, in the Aesthetic Movement style. Each cabinet has running gilt brass mounts, a baluster gallery above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, over a bevelled mirror inset back panel and ring turned front columns, with a chevron inlaid frieze below, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two shelves each.

Provenance:
By family repute the cabinets were made by the great grandfather of the previous owner. His surname was Savigear and evidently he executed them whilst he was working for the Soho based cabinet making firm of Frauer and Sons, most likely during the 1890s. Frederick Frauer appears listed as a cabinet maker located on 46 Greek Street, Soho, in the Dictionary of British and Irish Furniture Makers, 1500-1914.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	88 3⁄16" 224 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15660

A 19th century cast iron fire basket in the Baronial style, fronted by an imposing pair of monopodia wolfound andirons with rings in their mouths. The grate is further embellished with tie baton bars and a decorative backplate surmounted by three pronged finials.
English, c.1870.

A similar grate can be seen at Charles Dickens' Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15482

Abadeh carpet of large size, with flowerhead motifs on red ground, bordered by blue corners and a generous cream border, all profusely decorated with geometric and floral designs. Iranian, c.1950

Notes: Abadeh carpets were made in Abadeh, south Iran. They are easily recognised by their hexagonal central decoration with a red ground, bordered by blue corners. The ground of the border is oftem white, as are the four medallons in the corner.

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	Length	Width
	117 1⁄4" 298 cms	79 1⁄2" 202 cms

Stock: 15677

A monumental Victorian arch fireplace in dramatically veined Portoro marble. Striking in its simplicity, the fireplace is centered by a keystone and the arch is framed by two boldly carved spandrels.
English, c.1860.

Notes: Varieties of Portoro Marble have been found in different parts of the world but the marble used to make this chimneypiece is of the highest quality and could only have come from the quarries on the Island of Palmaria, in the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy. This marble was discovered and first extracted in Roman times and is rightly regarded worldwide as a luxury marble because of it's quality and the distinctive black and gold veining.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	81 1⁄8" 206 cms	50 3⁄16" 127.6 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 15701

An elegant antique Louis XIV fireplace in Rosso Verona marble, which has a beautifully mottled appearance. The fireplace is of the French Baroque style, with a rounded moulded opening and simply carved spandrels.
French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	59 3⁄8" 151 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms
Internal	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms

Stock: 15672

A Victorian chimneypiece carved from a boldly veined rouge royale marble; the wide plain shelf is supported by two finely moulded corbels which frame the plain frieze and blank tablet.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65" 165 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	38" 96.5 cms

Stock: 15634

A fine Persian Isfahan carpet with an intricate floral and foliate design on a warm terracotta ground.
Iranian, c.1950

The city of Isfahan is one of the finest in the Islamic world known for its wonderful Persian architecture. The carpets, woven here for centuries, are perhaps the best and most valuable to be found and are often inspired by the designs found in the buildings, gardens and palaces in this beautiful city. Persian, circa 1956.

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	Length	Width
	78 11⁄16" 200 cms	52 13⁄16" 134 cms

Stock: 15614

An unusual French brass chandelier topped by an urn finial from which the chandelier hangs, beneath which four ornate rods support the beautiful bowl, cast with floral and foliate design and strung with graduating rows glittering crystal beads.
French, c.1900.

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	Diameter	Drop
	13" 33 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 15670

A small antique pompadour fireplace carved in Rouge Royale marble.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	48 1⁄4" 122.6 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms

Stock: 15626

A magnificent Aesthetic Movement mantel clock, with an ebonised mahogany case and an exquisitely painted dial. The case embodies the style of the Aesthetic Movement , with an arched and turned gallery, surmounted by two turned ball finials, with a dentil moulding below. Supporting the finials are two turned spindle pilasters framing the dial.
The blue and white hand-painted and glazed porcelain dial depicts allegories of night and day within a floral and foliate design, Night appearing as a women in sleep with a bat flying above her, and Day, gazing up at a swift as it swoops past. The chapter ring takes the form of a sunflower, each petal frames a number. The simple brass hands are fixed within the centre of another sunflower. The movement is a twin-train eight day movement, strikes on the hour and half hour and runs well.

Attributed to Lewis Foreman Day for the retailers, Howell, James & Co of Regent Street, London.

	Width	Height	Depth
	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms

Stock: 15707

An elegant and finely moulded bolection fireplace carved from a warm grey marble, with pale coral and crystalline veining.
English, 20th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 3⁄16" 180.8 cms	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	3 11⁄16" 9.5 cms
Internal	53 7⁄8" 136.8 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms

Stock: 15674

A small and elegant French Pompadour fireplace, with a moulded serpentine shelf resting on a serpentine frieze, which is framed by paneled canted endblocks and jambs.
French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Internal	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms