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Stock: 15447

A large and fine Regency polished steel and cast iron register grate with an ornate fruit and foliate mounted back panel set behind the turned barred grate. The gently arched opening framed by brass edged columns with bullseye paterae to the corners.
English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36" 91.5 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Internal	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

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.

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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

Stock: 15448

A very smart polished steel Georgian register grate, with three bosses to the top within in bead edged panels, a finial mounted three barred grate and a pierced apron. English, circa 1790.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms

Stock: 15440

A Victorian black slate fireplace with large 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

Stock: 15436

A very fine and rare George III bronze register grate finely engraved with neoclassical motifs. Beneath the three barred serpentine grate is an elegant engraved apron of the same serpentine form.
Irish, circa 1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Front	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Back	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	39 3⁄16" 99.5 cms

Stock: 15428

A charming, Louis XVI style, grey marble and ormolu table lamp, raised on a shaped base and with a pair of bold ormolu satyr masks, with large sweeping horns, mounted on the shoulders. French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Lamp and Shade	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms
Lamp only	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 14211

A large and ornate Louis XV style giltwood and gesso over mantel mirror, with its original mercury glass plate. It is exhuberantly and luxuriously carved throughout with abundant swags, garlands and rocaille detail and there are a pair of small cooing birds framed beneath the central arched cresting.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 15333

A Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece in delightful Breche d'Alep marble. The shaped moulded shelf rests above a scrolled, panelled frieze centred by a foliate cartouche echoed on the endblocks. The tapering, angled and panelled console jambs are supported on curved footblocks. French, early 19th century.

Shown here with firegrate SNo 15243

Breche d'Alep marble was first quarried in 1712 in Tholonet in Bouches-du-Rhône. It is formed of large rounded fragments of browns, greys, reds or blacks usually on a yellow bed and was much used in the making of furniture and fireplaces during the 18th & 19th centuries.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
Internal	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 15419

An English Regency Welsh heather slate, aubergine hued, almost black bullseye chimneypiece. The moulded shelf rests above a reeded frieze which is centred by a plain rectangluar panel flanked by bullseye endblocks above reeded, panelled jambs supported on sturdy footblocks. English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 1⁄4" 155.7 cms	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	7 5⁄8" 19.3 cms
Internal	33 7⁄8" 86.1 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 15121

A 19th century Rococo style bronze mounted cast iron griffin fire basket. The scroll edged backplate, with a central medallion and leafy fronds, rests behind the bow fronted grate which is supported by a pair of large, bronze monopodial griffin with splayed claw feet. Each griffin is impressed on the back with the registration number 'R N 116834'. English, circa 1870.

Similar to brass mounted firegrate SNo 14976.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms

Stock: 15178

An elegant Louis XVI style fireplace surround, finely carved in Arabascato marble. The fluted frieze, beneath the moulded shelf, with a central floral garland panel is flanked by round rosette paterae on the endblocks. The fluted volute jambs topped by tumbling floral festoons and scrolled feet supported on sturdy footblocks. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 1⁄4" 181 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.4 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	36 7⁄8" 93.8 cms

Stock: 15431

A 19th century carved walnut French cabinet. The moulded top above a frieze of alternating diamond and corbel carved detail, beneath which in the upper section are three cupboards whose doors open to reveal double shelving. Each door, with ornate scrolled brass escutcheons, is finely carved with classical motif panels and is separated by slim columns. Twin pairs of which flank either side.

A pair of wide ribbed drawers, with large brass handles, supported by a pair or sturdy, fluted columns, separate the upper section from a twin cupboard lower section the doors of which are beautifully carved with ornate strapwork designs. The doors open to single shelving and the whole cupboard is raised on large bun feet.
French, circa 1880.

The last image shows the cupboard in natural light in our yard.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	61" 155 cms	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 15423

A large, oval, early Victorian sectional wall mirror in its original gilded frame and with it's original mercury glass.The central plate, framed by a band of bellflower and bead detail, is within an outer plate framed by a band of alternating scroll and leaf detail the two bands linked quarterly by ornate foliate decoration.
English, circa 1840.

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	width	height	depth
	37" 94 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 15358

A beautifully carved Gothic Revival walnut centre table. The rectangular top, with podium corners above pendant finials reminiscent of Gothic ceiling bosses, sits above a carved, linked quatrefoil frieze with central panels of blind fret interlaced arches. It is supported on four ornate columned legs on stepped curved feet and between each pair are boldly carved side stretchers with pairs of tall arches flanking ornately scrolled carvings akin to Gothic tracery.
French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	71 1⁄4" 181 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms

Stock: 11449

A massive sculpture of a Buddhist Deity carved in teak in the form of a mask head surmounted by a small carving of Ganesh. It is believed to be a representation of a Buddhist Door Guardian such sculptures would have been placed at an entrance or doorway of a building, a temple or home, to ward off evil. This sculpture is carved in six separate sections and is a splendid example of such works of art. He came to us from a large restaurant in East London.
Indian, 19th century.

PS: If anyone can shed more light on this sculpture we would be delighted to hear from you.


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	width	height	depth
	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	78 11⁄16" 200 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 15387

A Baroque Dutch style iron & bronze large, three barred firegrate. The grate is surmounted by a pair of small bronze globe finials. The whole is supported to the front by tall bulbous bronze baluster andirons in ornate feet centred by lion masks with rings in their mouths. The plain bronze apron can be drawn out to reveal a tray for ashes.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	39" 99 cms	28" 71 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back panel	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15322

A large cast iron and brass mounted Gothic Revival firegrate in the manner of A W N Pugin. The high, trefoil backplate, centred by a plain cartouche above an arch, has sides swooping down to the low two barred grate. A pair of upright seated, brass lions mounted on spiral podiums and holding simple, escutcheon shaped shields, form the integral andirons raised on large peg feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 15429

A large and imposing Statuary and Connemara marble Neoclassical style chimneypiece made in the Palladian manner. The wide stepped shelf rests above a band of substantial dentil carving, beneath which lies a Connemara marble frieze centred with a large Statuary tablet depicting playful cherubs riding an eagle, the tablet is flanked by bold Statuary carvings of mythical dragons. The paterae endblocks sit above plain, tapering Connemara columns on the jambs.
English, circa 1890.

Shown here with firebasket SNo 14151 not yet on the web.

The Palladian style was named after the Venetian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) whose work and ideas were based on the symmetry and perspective of the formal classical temple architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. His work hugely influenced European architecture from the early 17th century to the present day.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 1⁄2" 186.6 cms	58 1⁄4" 148 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 15315

A fine early Victorian, rosewood library table in the manner of the architect and designer Richard Bridgens(1785-1846).

The finely figured top, with a moulded edge above a framed carved baton and disc frieze and square paterae on each corner, is edged beneath with linked rows of pierced roundels. The table is supported on ornately carved baluster legs with sturdy splayed feet raised on brass castors and linked by a turned stretcher.
English, circa 1840.

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	width	height	depth
	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	31 1⁄4" 79.6 cms	27 3⁄16" 69.2 cms

Stock: 15422

A French chimneypiece in finely veined Statuary Marble. The frieze of this charming Louis XVI fireplace surround is adorned with scrolling foliate and floral ormolu decoration within a beaded border. Square ormolu paterae decorate the endblocks above the tapering stop fluted console jambs enhanced with applied ormolu clusters. French, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 1⁄4" 140.5 cms	42 5⁄8" 108.3 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 8094

A good Louis XVI carved giltwood and oak overmantel trumeau mirror with arrow and quiver, torch, floral and ribbon trophy decoration.
French 19th century, possibly earlier.

(photo before restoration).

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	width	height
	59 1⁄2" 151.1 cms	78" 198.1 cms

Stock: 15426

A large Victorian fine mahogany breakfront bookcase and secretaire. The upper part has four compartments, the doors of which are glazed with their original plate glass revealing the adjustable shelving within, The doors themselves have ornate scrolls and leaf detail in the corners of the frames. The lower section divides into three parts. The central two door cupboard, bearing the same ornate scroll detail, is flanked by a pair of further plate glass glazed doors with ornate scroll detail.

Above the cupboard is a drawer like panel, with ebony inlaid pearl handles, which folds down to reveal the leather topped secretaire desk with six small drawers beneath a row of cubby holes.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	79 1⁄8" 201 cms	90 3⁄16" 229 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 6593

The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.

A very rare, early Georgian, gently concave Portland Stone fireplace designed by Robert Adam and carved by the renowned Dutch stonemason Pieter Mathias van Gelder.

A moulded shelf rests above a simple frieze centred by a panel carved in relief with a floor standing globe flanked by opposing sphinxes. The endblocks, with carved lyres and husk swags, sit above fern frond corbels terminating in festooned bucrane on fielded panel jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
English, circa 1790.

Dalquharran Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, is regarded as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s Castle Style. His castles were unique in the respect that whilst the outside embodied the robustness associated with a castle, the inside was the embodiment of his restrained and delicate classical style. Dalquharran Castle was created for Thomas Kennedy of Dunure but is sadly now a ruin after the roof was removed in 1967 to avoid paying rates.

The chimneypiece was originally installed in the round tower library of the Castle and epitomised Adam's classical elegance. The last image below shows it in situ in the ruins of the library. It is exceptionally rare to find such a piece and made even more remarkable as it survived virtually undamaged. There is a similarly fine chimneypiece at Seton Castle, Adam’s final project in Scotland.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78" 198.2 cms	58 13⁄16" 149.3 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Internal	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms

Stock: 15414

A large Victorian carved mahogany overmantel mirror in the Neoclassical manner. The stepped top rests above a band of alternating bosses and fluting flanked by stylised corinthian topped flutted columns. The bevelled glass is enhanced by a most attractive frame of etched and cut foliate detail.
English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	68 7⁄8" 175 cms	55 1⁄8" 140 cms	6 7⁄8" 17.5 cms

Stock: 9862

A pair of George III carved pine chimneypiece jambs. The garlanded figures are of Bacchus, God of the Grape Harvest, who enjoyed, riotous ,Bacchanalian celebrations, and Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture specifically the cultivation of wheat, grains and corn. Appropriately, abundant, trailing festoons of grapes on one and wheat and grains on the other, descend the tapering, volute columns. Photos before restoration.
English, circa 1810.

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	width	height	depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 13556

A carved Louis XVI style chimneypiece in Arabascata marble with a simple moulded shelf, floral garlands on the frieze and with fluted jambs decorated with large bellflowers.
French, circa 1850.

Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	65 3⁄16" 165.5 cms	47" 119.5 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms
Internal	43 1⁄2" 110.5 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 15347

A very large Victorian copper, log bin or jardiniere the panels reinforced with rows of studs.
English circa 1870.

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	Diameter	Height
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15345

A very beautiful and large Louis XVI style six branch ormolu chandelier in the Rococo manner. The central stepped stem, suspended from a delicately cut dish corona resting on a bulbous vase framed amid scrolling foliate detail, is embellished by a set of four cherubic terms above a finely cut enclosed ovoid vessel with flattened, cut orbs below. The six elaborately scrolling arms emanate from a beautifully cut orb which terminates in a pendant knob. Once a gasolier now converted to electricity.
French 19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms

Stock: 15420

A small late Regency black slate chimneypiece. The mouldled shelf above a reeded frieze centred by a foliate panel flanked by large acanthus corbels on reeded, panelled jambs supported on plain footblocks.
English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 1⁄8" 142.5 cms	43 11⁄16" 111.1 cms	9" 22.8 cms
Internal	33 7⁄8" 86.2 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 15329

A substantial burnished steel and cast iron Victorian fire basket in the Georgian manner with a shaped backplate. The two barred grate, with a curved pierced apron, is surmounted by a pair of small urn finials and is supported by two tall bulbous andirons on scrolled and pegged feet. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15292

A Statuary marble Regency chimneypiece. The moulded shelf above a panelled frieze, centred by a roundel, is supported by a pair of tapering, finely moulded, freestanding slender columns raised on stepped footblocks. Elegant in it's simplicity.
English, circa1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	67 11⁄16" 172 cms	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms

Stock: 14577

A carved, armorial panel depicting a triumphant, seated Boudica styled figure wearing a flowing robe and plumed hat, flourishing a staff bearing a Spanish helmet; and a lion rampant brandishing a sword and arrows. The central arched panel is framed within decorative gadrooned and foliate borders and is surmounted by a pair of stylised dolphins between three rosette medallions. It bears the words 'Oro Patria' which translate as 'gold' and 'homeland'.

The panel relates to the Netherlands, Eighty Years War of Independence(1568–1648) a revolt of Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, against Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands.

The arched rectangular central panel and pictorial, patriotic scene is typical of Dutch fireback designs. An image of a 17th century Dutch fireback with a similar depiction can be seen in the last image below.

19th century, probably Dutch.

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		Height
		29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 15421

A Regency Welsh Heather slate chimneypiece in an aubergine hue. The moulded shelf above a cushioned frieze, centred by a rosette panel, flanked by large acanthus corbels above cushion moulded jambs.
English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	44 1⁄8" 112.1 cms	9 1⁄8" 23.2 cms
Internal	34 11⁄16" 88.1 cms	35 11⁄16" 90.8 cms

Stock: 15404

A traditional Victorian Statuary marble fire surround. The moulded shelf rests above a plain frieze flanked by large corbels, with shell detail skirts, on wide jambs raised on large footblocks. Similar to but smaller than fireplace SNo 15185. English, circa 1860.

Shown here with firegrate SNo 15243 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65 11⁄16" 167 cms	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Internal	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 15373

An early 20th century wrought iron, eight candle Tudor Revival style chandelier. The intricately scrolled gallery, mounted with pairs of rosettes, hangs on rigid iron rods from the crown corona.
English, circa 1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms