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Stock: 15138

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.

Photo before restoration.

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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: 15245

A very large 20th century bronze fountain. Water spouts from the mouths of four grotesque masques, mounted at the top on a large gadrooned urn, and tumbles down into a wide bowl. From there it falls out of the mouths of twelve lion mask heads and down into a basin.The great bowl is held aloft by four elegant classical female figures with the names MERANIE, LALOIRE, LASAONE & VERONIC carved into the base of each figure. Two of these names may be referring to the French rivers the Saone and the Loire.
French, 20th century. .

Shown with clover shaped basin SNo 12697 not included.

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	Diameter	Height
	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	84 1⁄4" 214 cms

Stock: 10088

A small Regency antique fireplace surround with a reeded shelf moulding in Statuary and inlaid Spanish Brocatelle marble. The frieze, inset with fluted panels, is centred by a roundel echoed on the end blocks above plain inlaid fluted jambs above simple foot blocks. Removed from a house in Chelsea in south west London.
English, early 19th century.

Shown here with fire grate SNo 14205 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	45 1⁄2" 115.5 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
Internal	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms	37 1⁄8" 94.3 cms

Stock: 12034

A pair of elegant and large Portland Stone antique garden plinths with half round attached baluster apothecary bottles to either side.
English, circa 1900.

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	width	height	depth
Top	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms
Bottom	24 13⁄16" 63 cms

Stock: 13597

A pair of attractive Victorian carved oak female caryatids or wall brackets in the classical style. Possibly once mounted on the jambs and supporting the shelf of an antique fireplace surround or mounted either side of a doorway. English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 15261

A pair of small Neoclassical style polished soft browns and aubergine fossil marble urns, possibly Connemara Red Marble, with an abundance of marine fossils throughout and each with a gilt brass anthemion style mounting to the base. English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 13⁄16" 12.3 cms	15" 38 cms	4 13⁄16" 12.3 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 possibly representing Learning. It is flanked by a pair of carved ewers on the endblocks set above jambs fronted by a pair of 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: 15288

A fine green and black Majolica pedestal made by the Sarreguemines Pottery which took its name from the town of Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France in which it was based. From the earliest years their designs followed the most avant-guard styles and fashions. The Orientalist trends which were strong during the Romanticist years from 1830 to 1840 were followed by the Japanese styles, evident in this piece, which spread widely throughout Europe between 1860 and 1900. The Sarreguemines name is stamped on the inside of the pedestal.
French, circa 1890.

Notes: The Sarreguemines Pottery was established around 1790 by Nicholas-Henri and Paul-Augustin Jacobi and their partner Joseph Fabry. In 1800 Paul Utzschneider took over the management and it was from that time that the company became famous for its Majolica work and made the town of Sarreguemines into one of the most important centers for ceramics in Europe. It was responsible for supplying many of the tiles used to construct the Paris Metro. The Company ceased production in 2007 and the firm was subsequently liquidated.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	39 7⁄8" 101.4 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 14201

A very large 20th century cut glass chandelier in the Regency style with a central glass and brass stem from which emanate 24 scrolled glass branches profusely hung with cut crystal drops and beads.
French, circa 1950.

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	Diameter	Drop
	50" 127 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 15277

A Louis XVI style brass and wire mesh fireplace screen centred by a quiver, bagpipes and drum resting on a ribboned floral and foliate bed. The frame embellished with ribbons, swags, medallions and wreaths supported either side by a pair of entwined flambeau topped columns the whole raised on two pairs of scrolled leaf and hoof feet. French, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.3 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 14684

A small French Carrara Marble antique fireplace surround in the Louis XVI style with its original ornate cast iron insert. The frieze, centred by a finely carved laurel wreath trailing sprays of laurel to ether side, is flanked by acanthus adorned rounded endblocks above half round attached fluted columned jambs supported on curved footblocks. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.3 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	34 3⁄16" 86.8 cms

Stock: 14790

A 42 foot run of Walnut marquetry dado panelling consisting of arched panels, pilasters and two open bookcases. The ornately framed arched panels, inlaid with rosewood, pear, satinwood, burr elm and stained sycamore woods, depict Elysian scenes of nymphs reclining on boughs, stylised galleons, urns and cornucopia of fruits amid trailing floral and foliate frondrils and sprigs.
Provenance: Removed from 24 Portland Place, London W1B.
English, circa 1880.

Photos before restoration

	run	height
	503 7⁄8" 1280 cms	49 3⁄16" 125 cms

Stock: 14778

An Arts and Crafts stone bird bath or garden ornament. The wide bowl rests on carved effigies of three angels pointing to heaven supported by a stone socle plinth. Around the foot of the plinth are the Gratias Tibi Domine (Thanks be to God) and the initials G K & D.
English, 19th century.

Photos before restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 7686

A delicate Louis XVI style veined Statuary Marble and gilt ormolu antique fireplace mantel. The panelled frieze,with ormolu bell flower swags, is flanked by square ormolu paterae end blocks supported on stop fluted pilaster jambs decorated with ormolu husks.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 1⁄2" 146 cms	42" 106.7 cms	17 3⁄16" 43.8 cms
Internal	40 11⁄16" 103.5 cms	32" 81.3 cms

Stock: 13599

A very decorative, ornately pretty, white painted cast iron Victorian lamp post possibly from a seaside town promenade or pier. The standard, in three sections with a pagoda apron, rises to the swan necked lamp. The base is guarded by four shield bearing dragons reminiscent of those on posts in the City of London. The makers mark ‘Turner and Allen of London’ is on the base.
English circa 1870.

Notes: Turner & Allen were based at 201 Upper Thames Street, London in the mid to late 19th century and were ironwork manufacturers who supplied ‘ lamp pillars, brackets, gas lanterns’ throughout the country.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	126" 320 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 11889

A cast lead garden figure of a curly haired child, in the 18th century manner of John Cheere, with hand to ear and head inclined listening perhaps to birdsong and raised on a spreading circular socle base. Possibly made at the H. Crowther, Foundry in Chiswick, London.

English, early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	26" 66 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15269

A fine Louis XVI chimneypiece in a lightly veined dove grey Bardiglio Marble with fine ormolu mounts. This antique fireplace surround embodies the Louis XVI style, with sweeping acanthus corbels and acanthus paterae, centred by a ribbon and laurel frieze.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Internal	40 3⁄8" 102.7 cms	32" 81.3 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: 15253

An attractive Edwardian cast iron, steel and brass mounted firegrate in the George III style, made by Thomas Elsley of London. The arched backplate, set with a scrolled shield surrounded by trailing floral foliage and ribbons, bears the name ELSLEY and the date 1904 within an oval reserve to the back. The three bar bow fronted grate, with rocaille cast brass spandrels, a pair of small brass finials and a pierced brass serpentine apron with incised foliate and zoomorphic motifs, is supported by a pair of charming columned legs topped by globe finials. English, circa 1904.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 7444

A fine limestone Baroque style chimneypiece with a boldly carved central cartouche on the panelled frieze flanked by acanthus style detail on the endblocks above tapering panelled jambs.French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61" 154.9 cms	43 1⁄4" 109.9 cms	11" 27.9 cms
Internal	42 13⁄16" 108.6 cms	33" 83.8 cms

Stock: 13277

A large Edwardian terracotta garden urn attributed to the Garnick Fireclay Company, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The body with ribbon-tied oak leaf bands on lobed undersides above a waisted socle and square section base, the base stamped with the name Garnick. Probably once one of a pair.
Scottish, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms

Stock: 9752

An elegant, understated and refined English Regency chimneypiece in white Statuary Marble. The moulded shelf supported on finely fluted panelled jambs under triple carved circular rosettes on the endblocks. English, circa 1830.

Photo before restoration

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	width	height	depth
External	76" 193 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	53" 134.5 cms	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms

Stock: 10438

A large and rare, finely carved Statuary Marble tablet in the Italian Baroque manner. A child, or putti, lies asleep under trees on a bank beside a river in an Elyisian landscape set within scrolling borders. It may have once been the central feature on the frieze of a grand chimneypiece. The last image, rather blurred I'm afraid, shows a similar tablet that was from a chimneypiece in Blair Castle, in Pitlochry Scotland.
English, possibly Irish late 18th early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	3" 7.5 cms

Stock: 15248

A fine Regency steel and brass framed register grate. The top frame and sides are mounted with acanthus clad turned brass rods which slot into the bullseye endblocks and footblocks. The recessed, bowfronted toothed grate sits above a brass apron embellished with a pair of opposing seated griffin amid anthemion and foliate scroll motifs. English, early 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	40" 101.5 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 15249

A pair of very tall Baroquqe style bronze and steel andirons with lobed mask finials above baluster columns with triform bases raised on large twin scrolled iron feet. English, mid to late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 15173

A rare and beautifully carved Art Nouveau walnut fireplace surround attributed to Louis Majorelle (1859 – 1926). The moulded shelf, with podium to either side, rests on dramatic angled, naturalistic styled columns fronting the jambs fashioned as slender tree trunks entwined with climbing vines and raised on large round footblocks. The frieze, inner surround and side returns are profusely embellished with delightful, finely carved floral tendrils. French, circa 1900.

Notes: Louis Majorelle was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs. He was one of the outstanding French designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	35" 89 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 Eleanor 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. Restoration to the handles has been carried out.


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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: 15234

An 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, early 20th century 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: 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: 14650

A serpentine fronted cast iron and brass antique fire grate in the late Georgian manner of Thomas Elsley of London. The a high shaped backplate is 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: 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: 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: 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.

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	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