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Stock: 15204

A large cast iron triple arched French fireback with bead edging depicting a pair of rampant lions holding a oval bearing two crescent moons and four fleur de lys and surmounted by a crown and bearing the date 1302. Two lines of further flear de lys flank the oval. Possibly associated with the House of Valois of the Capetian Dynasty one of the oldest in Europe. French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 15236

An Edwardian steel, cast iron and brass antique fire grate in the Regency manner. The grate is surmounted by a pair of steeple finials with curved brass shoulders flanking a finely turned acanthus wrapped steel grate bar above a decorative cast brass apron. The whole is supported by a pair of standards with grand urn finials above rosette paterae and tapering reeded legs. English, circa 1906.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15203

A large and wide Gothic Revival cast iron Victorian fire grate with barley twist front bars, globe finials and a pair of sturdy splayed footed standards spiral stems beneath fleur de lys finial.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	42 7⁄8" 109 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 14868

A monumental Regency stoneware urn, in the manner of the antique. This magnificent urn recalls the form of an Ancient Greek krater - a large vessel for mixing wine. The entire urn is dedicated to the God of Wine Bacchus (Dionysus), with a band of fruiting vines to the neck, underneath which is high-relief frieze depicting a Bacchic procession or thiasus, with revellers carrying cups of wine, bunches of grapes and the other trappings of a hedonistic feast. The serpents fashioned into handles are characteristic of Bacchic iconography and they are often associated with Bacchus, as Maenads - female followers of the God - wore snakes in their hair.

This urn is unlike any other we have come across, but echoes the popularity of themes from classical antiquity, made even more popular by the phenomenon of the Grand Tour. The great engraver and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi even produced an engraved volume solely dedicated to the designs of urns in the antique style. He then manufactured urns in his Italian workshops. In England, the famous manufacturer Elizabeth Coade and designers such as Thomas Hope also produced urns in the antique manner for an eager public.

The urn is made from a weather impervious stoneware, similar to the famous Coade stone.
English c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms
Base	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 12962

A very large and delightful 20th century hexagonal shaped Gothic Revival hall lantern with a crown of acanthus foliage, the finials topped with capped acanthus buds and with elaborate foliate and Gothic tracery throughout.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Drop
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms

Stock: 11596

An Tudor Revival wrought iron and copper fire gate with a splendid integral brass and copper hood. The grate is supported by a pair of imposing andirons in the Tudor Revival manner, each surmounted with pairs of embossed copper roundels depicting the Roses of the House of York. The last image shows a similar fire grate and hood in the Waring & Gillow illustration of a room with an inglenook fireplace setting. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	height	Depth
Total external	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms
Hood only	26" 66 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 15226

A stained and leaded glass window panel, possibly representing the paternal arms of the Grosvenor Crest, depicting a talbot dog atop a helm set in a field of multiple coloured glass sections held in a later stained pine frame. The quarterings include a crescent and star mark of cadency above the motto Virtus Non Stemma which translates as Valour Not Garland and is the Duke of Westminster's motto at his Eaton Hall Estate. English, 17th century and later.

Provenance: By repute removed from a chapel on a Grosvenor Estate.

Notes: The talbot dog, now extinct, was a type of hunting dog and probably the ancestor of the beagle or bloodhound and is often used in heraldry to represent a good-mannered hunting dog. The cadency marks the status of a younger branch of a family.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms	49 13⁄16" 126.5 cms	2 11⁄16" 6.8 cms

Stock: 14999

A rather small cast iron Gothic Revival fire basket with diamond shaped front bars and knopped finials. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 15205

A fine set of Victorian steel and brass antique firetools consisting of a poker, a shovel and a pair of tongs. Each steel shaft is part barley twist and is surmounted with ornate brass handles and the shaped shovel is cut in a foliate design.
English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	3 1⁄4" 8.5 cms

Stock: 9240

A grand and impressive Palladian style chimneypiece in finely carved Portland Stone. The wide shelf carved in high relief with an undershelf of repeating acanthus leaf motif, over boldly scaled egg and dart over lambs tongue detail. The main ingrounds carved with continuous guilloche motif. The whole is supported on large, sturdy footblocks. Rebuilt using original 19th century elements. Provenance: Removed from a building in the City of London.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	112 13⁄16" 286.5 cms	87 5⁄8" 222.5 cms	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms
Internal	65 3⁄16" 165.7 cms	63 11⁄16" 161.7 cms

Stock: 15234

A late Regency/ early Georgian style white Statuary Marble fire surround with a Verde Antico Marble frieze and Breccia Verde Seravezza slips and jambs. The frieze, beneath a moulded shelf, is mounted with a central plaque of stylised urn, bellflowers and scrolling acanthus leaves and is supported by a pair of large and finely carved caryatids fronting the jambs. English, circa 1950 with mid 19th century elements.

Shown here with firegrate SNo 14236 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60" 152.3 cms	48" 122 cms	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms
Internal	40" 101.5 cms	38 1⁄8" 96.7 cms

Stock: 15231

An Edwardian, Arts and Crafts oak fire surround. The crenelated cornice, supported by a pair of turned columns, rests above a recessed frieze and mantle shelf. The frieze is set with five painted panels depicting Medieval York including the ‘bar’ or city walls, streets and gateways; the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and York Minster itself. A Tudor style arch frames the fireplace opening flanked by a pair of simple tapering columns on the jambs. English, circa 1910.

Photos before cleaning and polishing.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	75 5⁄8" 192 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.6 cms
Internal	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms	38 13⁄16" 98.5 cms

Stock: 15211

A pair of unusual and highly ornate Gothic Revival brass firetools consisting of a poker and a pair of tongs with cut barley twist and cruciform handles and a plain shaped shovel. English, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	4 13⁄16" 12.2 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.5 cms

Stock: 15229

A pair of 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty baluster vases of fine quality. Each vase is hand painted with sinuous designs of delightful stylised flowers and leaves wrapping around their bodies and the lids are surmounted by upright Foo Dogs resting their paws on small globes. Foo Dog masks with rings in their mouths can also be seen in pairs on the shoulders. Foo Dogs, or Chinese Guardian Lions, were believed to be protective forces, often found guarding the entrances to Temples and Imperial Palaces.
Chinese, mid-19th century.

Please not that one lid is a replacement of the same period and is a good but not identical match with the other.

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	Diameter	Height
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15137

A suite of 20th century Coalbrookdale style garden seats consisting of a pair of chairs and a two seater bench. Entwined serpents and vines enhance the cast iron bench ends with hand rests terminating in hound dog heads. The back and seats are hardwood possibly mahogany.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Larger	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms
Smaller	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 12172

A boldly carved Gothic Revival composition stone chimneypiece. The frieze, set beneath a generous moulded shelf with deeply carved Gothic tracery echoed on the jambs, is flanked by stylised turret endblocks above further turret styled corbels on the jambs which rest on simple moulded foot blocks. Once a pair with SNo 12171 now sold.
English mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	61 5⁄8" 156.5 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
	35" 89 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 15206

A set pf three Victorian brass antique firetools consisting of a shovel, a poker and a pair of tongs. Each with knopped shafts surmounted by urn finial handles and the engraved shovel cut in an ornate design.
English, circa.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 7⁄8" 15 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 10848

A Tudor Revival limestone fireplace surround with a moulded, stepped shelf above a Tudor arched opening and with oak leaf and acorn carved detail on the spandrels.
English 19th century.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

	width	height	depth
External	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	45 7⁄8" 116.5 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms

Stock: 15181

A small cast iron and gilt brass fire grate in the Louis XVI manner. The shaped backplate is surmounted by a rose wreath, fronds and a quiver; the grate front is adorned with scrolling acanthus and floral detail flanked by a pair of foliate finials above decorative standards raised on shaped feet.
French, circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 15230

An ornate four fold leather backed canvas screen with applied paper panels held by leather bands and metal stud work. Each panel is painted in the Baroque manner with depictions of birds, vines and flowers within decorative borders. The panels are almost certainly 19th century or earlier and have been re-lined and mounted on the later screen which is backed with leather panels.
19th century, possibly Italian or Spanish.

Provenance: Hadspen House, Castle Cary, Somerset.

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	Width overall	Height
	83 7⁄8" 213 cms	91 11⁄16" 233 cms

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

Stock: 14545

A Statuary Marble bust of a young woman purportedly by the French sculptor Jean-Paul Aubé (1837-1916). The name P. Aubé and the date 1885 can be seen carved on the back. French circa 1880.

Notes:Jean-Paul Aubé (3 July 1837 – 23 August 1916) was a French sculptor born in Longwy, North Eastern France and was once painted, together with his son, by Paul Gauguin.

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	width	height	depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 14195

A large embossed brass roundel depicting a Bacchanalian procession, in a rural setting, of playful cherubs carrying wine and a basket of fruit and led by one riding a Curly-Coated Retriever. English, circa 1870.

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	diameter
	20 1⁄2" 52.1 cms

Stock: 15200

An interesting Louis XVI style cast iron fire side fender and tool rests with a Roman theme. The serpentine curb bar has a central beaded roundel featuring the head of Caesar in profile flanked by trailing floral and acanthus foliate mounts. It is accompanied by a pair of unusual tool rests in the form of Roman Gods. One of Venus holding a conch and a mirror, the other of Mars holding a war club. Each is rising from ornate acanthus mounts before the scrolling tool rest bars. French, circa 1860.

Please note there is a small piece missing to the centre top of the curb bar.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	70 7⁄8" 180 cms	11" 28 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 15061

A Louis XV Sienna Marble Rococo style fire surround. The serpentine shaped breakfront shelf, with podium to either end, rests above a split panelled frieze centred by a rocaille cartouche. The scrolled foliate endblocks sit above angled volute jambs with carved acanthus leaf to the bottom above shaped footblocks. French, mid 19th century.

Shown here with andirons SNo 12469 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	44 3⁄8" 112.7 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 7604

A pair of large restored terracotta lions modelled in the Baroque manner, seated on bases which are stamped, ‘Fabrique de Lapujade, Ouvriers Associes, Ses de Negrier, Toulouse.’ With restorations. French, 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	33" 83.8 cms	20" 50.8 cms

Stock: 15224

A striking pair of large ornamental obelisks carved from an exceptional example of softly hued honey and light grey Purbeck Fossil Stone imbued with an abundance of myriad marine fossils, including bones, shells, microbes and bivalves and with imprints of early reptiles and animals.
English, circa 1910.

Notes: Purbeck Stone, famous worldwide for the amazing plethora and myriad example of fossils, was laid down during the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous periods. The name is derived from the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset where outcrops are most prevalent. It is also found in other parts of southern England most notably along the Jurassic Coast, in Dorset, in the strata exposed in the cliffs and on the beaches west of Swanage.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	6 5⁄8" 16.7 cms

Stock: 12465

A pair of double sided Victorian gold painted cast iron grille or balcony panels, made by the Walter MacFarlane & Co. Foundry. in Glasgow, and decorated with central wreaths and arabesque scrolls flowerheads. The foundry mark can be seen on on both sides on each of the panels.Scottish, circa 1860.

The Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane & Co. Ltd was located in Possilpark, Glasgow. They were renowned ornamental and architectural ironmongers with a worldwide reputation most notably for their highly ornate garden fountains.

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	width	height	depth
	50" 127 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 15196

A pair of substantial polished iron Baroque style antique andirons. The ornate baluster columns are embellished with acanthus detail and topped by flambeau finials supported by stepped shaped plinths. English, circa 1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 14405

A Louis XV Rococo style chimneypiece in fine Carrara Marble. The shaped moulded shelf sits above a panelled frieze centred by a large acanthus wrapped shell cartouche with rosette medallions to either side. Large scrolled acanthus endblocks rest above angled stop fluted volute jambs. A near pair to Stock No 14189.
French, late 19th century.

Shown here with firebasket SNo 14236 not included.

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	shelf width	height	depth
External	60 3⁄8" 153.5 cms	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Internal	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	35" 88.8 cms

Stock: 13620

An attractive and slim Queen Anne, Baroque style silvered pier mirror. The top of the frame is adorned with a fanfare foliate crest between a scrolled split pediment. The frame, with tasseled drapery to the sides, is embellished throughout with leaf detail.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	63 13⁄16" 162 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 14757

A large and imposing Louis XVI chimneypiece in Belgian Black Marble the Frieze and endblocks carved in Red Languedoc Marble, together with its original brass insert. The stepped moulded shelf rests above the wide ornately carved frieze centred by a female mask flanked either side by scrolling leaf and rosette detail. The endblocks bear large and bold garlanded female masks above grand stop fluted console jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
French, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	82 1⁄4" 209 cms	62 11⁄16" 159.2 cms	19 13⁄16" 50.2 cms
Internal	53 3⁄16" 135.2 cms	46 7⁄8" 119.2 cms

Stock: 14721

A large Louis XV style chimneypiece in finely figured Italian Arabescato Marble. The wide serpentine shelf of this antique fire surround rests on the panelled frieze which is centred by a finely carved classical female mask with acanthus leaf scrolls above the shaped opening. The endblocks bear smaller masks above tapering, angled volute jambs. French, circa 1870.

Please note photos before restoration.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	75 5⁄8" 192 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal	50 5⁄8" 128.5 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms

Stock: 15221

A Victorian chimneypiece in dark grey and white figured St Anne Marble. The moulded shelf of this antique fireplace sits above the plain frieze and is supported by a pair of simple corbels on plain jambs raised on sturdy footblocks.
English, circa 1870.

The St Anne Marble quarries are located at Gougnies, near Charleroi and at Biesme in the province of Namur in Belgium.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄8" 168 cms	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 8626

A substantial Bolection chimneypiece carved from beautiful soft grey, salmon brown and taupe Derbyshire Fossil Limestone with a large central keystone. This stone is quite hard and will take a polish. English, circa 1860.

Notes: Derbyshire Fossil Limestone was laid down during the Carboniferous Period some 355 million years ago and contains numerous brachiopods, corals and crinoids. The county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands has many outcrops of this stone which dominate the landscape and contribute to its dramatic vistas.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	51 3⁄16" 130 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms
Internal	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms