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Stock: 12105

A large pair of Neoclassical stripped pine caryatid, possibly once part of a fireplace surround. The figures appear to be female their upper bodies draped in tasseled shawls.English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
each jamb	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	11" 28 cms	6 7⁄8" 17.5 cms

Stock: 11475

A small, carved alabaster sculpture of a Middle Eastern gentleman possibly Saladin (the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria), raised on a black marble plinth. The figure may have been cut down from a full size figure please see the last image below.
Early 19th, possibly late 18th century.

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		height without plinth	height with plinth
		7 1⁄2" 19 cms	9 1⁄2" 24.1 cms

Stock: 11367

A pair of Victorian arched ceramic parapets. They would be an attractive addition to a garden. Some chips a/f.
Provenance: 298 Bishopsgate in the City Of London built between 1877-1890 and demolished in 1980.

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	width	Height	depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 7136

A small marble plaque of a imperious Roman senator carved in low relief.
Circa 1960.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10" 25.4 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15252

A very large Bidjar carpet centred by a double lozenge design filled with the traditional small floral motifs in deep reds and blues. The name is taken from Bidjar, or Bijar, a small Kurdish town in north western Iran where the carpets are made many in the surrounding villages. As the weavers tie each knot they add an extra weft and use their heavy metal and wood combs to beat the weft and the knots down which makes the carpets strong and very durable and this stiff, heavy foundation creates carpets that can withstand many years of heavy use. Because of this they are known as “the iron rugs of Persia”.
Persian, mid 1950s.

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	Width	Length
	91 1⁄4" 232 cms	140 3⁄16" 356 cms

Stock: 3977

A large Scottish Regency carved giltwood overmantel mirror, the scrolled cockaded pediment over high relief carved floral and lozenge decoration. With the original mercury glass plate.
Scottish, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Maximum Depth
	75 11⁄16" 192.4 cms	54 1⁄2" 138.5 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 14561

A set of four pairs traditional Georgian style antique bronze door handles.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	7 1⁄8" 18 cms		2 1⁄2" 6.3 cms
Internal

Stock: 14504

A large and sturdy Victorian copper with studied side panels, which can be used as a log bin or a jardiniere
English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	12 13⁄16" 32.5 cms

Stock: 12499

A pair of William IV style mahogany armchairs. The deep-buttoned backs and stuffover seats upholstered in cherry red cowhide. The crinoline stretcher base connects the front turned legs to the splayed back legs all raised on brass castors. English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	24" 61 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms

Stock: 11341

A carved giltwood, mahogany overmantel mirror in the late Georgian manner, with original plates and carved lambs tongue motif around the frame.One of a pair with SNo 11342.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 10088

A small Regency antique fireplace surround in Statuary and inlaid Spanish Brocatelle marble. The frieze, beneath the moulded shelf, is inset with fluted Brocatelle panels and is centred by a Brocatelle roundel echoed on the end blocks. The plain inlaid fluted jambs are raised on simple foot blocks. Provenance known. English, early 19th century.

Shown here with fire grate SNo 14205 now sold separately.

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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: 2845

A large 19th century Doulton ceramic pediment plaque of a female head with two putti in the Renaissance manner. Some damage a/f .
English, circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Internal

Stock: 9694

A large low relief antique carved Italian circular marble wall plaque of a young Florentine noble in the Renaissance manner. Italian, 18th century.

The last image shows a similar plaque of Ludovico il Moro Sfarzo, the 7th Duke of Milan (1451 - 1508) displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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	Diameter	Depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 13998

A fine pair of Louis XVI style brass chenets with twin pairs of egg and cup finials above foliate paterae flanking draped, spindle friezes, the back bars with small brass, steeple finials and all supported by tapering reeded legs.

French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms
Internal

Stock: 15257

A mid twentieth century Isfahan carpet dominated by the central foliate medallion of intricate design surrounded by vines and flowers. These carpets are identified by the use of soft kork wool and silk woven in a very tight pile in red, magenta, blue or indigo on an ivory background.

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
	86 5⁄8" 220 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms

Stock: 13999

A Louis XV style fender bar, surmounted by a central leaf and sprig decoration, linking a pair of tall, elaborate foliate chenets in the Rococo style. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15254

A mid 20th century Bidjar carpet of woven floral motifs on a midnight blue background. These carpets have been made for centuries in and around the small Kurdish town of Bidjar, also known as Bijar, south of Tabriz in the northwest of Iran. They can be distinguished by their heavy wool or cotton foundation (cotton was used in the twentieth century). As the weaver ties each row of knots, an extra weft is added and pounded down. The stiff, heavy foundation that this creates allows the carpets to withstand up to many years of heavy use. Because of this they are known as “the iron rugs of Persia”. Persian, mid 1950s.

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	Length	Width
	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms

Stock: 15255

A large Heriz carpet with bold geometric design from the Heris region in east Azerbaijan in northwest Persia now Iran. The villagers of the region continue to weave carpets following traditional patterns often from memory the design having been handed down from generation to generation and usually featuring a geometric pattern with large central medallions. They are both durable and hard wearing and it is said that they incorporate woven images relating to old folk tales.
Persian, circa 1950.

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	Length	Width
	153 1⁄8" 389 cms	116 7⁄8" 297 cms

Stock: 14927

A pair of Baroque Dutch style six branch brass chandeliers. The scrolling arms support urn shaped candle cups and the central stem terminates in a large bulbous reverse finial. English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 14023

An early 20th century large lead garden figure of a Naiad, a water nymph, seated on a rocky outcrop. Naiads in Greek mythology were water spirits or nymphs who were said to preside over fresh water fountains, wells, springs, streams and brooks. English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 12386

A gilded spelter Rococo style ewer or pitcher with a stylised dragon handle of fine quality casting, moulded to the body with cherubs, masks and shields amid floral detail and raised on an elaborate round pedestal. French, circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15256

A Qashqai tribal carpet with a central midnight blue medallion filled and surrounded by a field of small floral motifs.

The Qashqai people, throughout their history, have been nomadic their tribes travelling hundreds of miles across the Middle East to winter near the Persian Gulf. Their history and culture is rich in both struggle and inspiration which greatly influences the designs and motifs found in their carpets and give them an unusual sense of spontaneity and aliveness. These carpets are usually woven by the women of the tribe who, defying the modern practice of using commercial dyes, continue to almost exclusively use natural vegetable and plant dyes and follow the more traditional weaving techniques. Their family carpets are greatly treasured and they have a saying: “Where I am is my carpet. Where my carpet and I am is my home.”
Persian, mid 1950s.

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	Length	Width
	94 1⁄8" 239 cms	62 3⁄16" 158 cms

Stock: 14974

A fine Regency fireplace surround in pure white Statuary Marble. Beautifully elegant in its simplicity. The twin cushioned panelled frieze, beneath the moulded shelf, is centred by a tablet depicting a reclining Venus, holding aloft a rose, beside a basket of flowers with her temple in the distance.The endblocks with large rosette paterae above cushioned panelled jambs.
English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65" 165 cms	45 1⁄2" 115.5 cms	8 11⁄16" 22.2 cms
Internal	46 1⁄8" 117 cms	38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms

Stock: 2799

A large and heavy, early 20th century triple branch brass wall light in the Louis XVI style. The bronze backplate is surmounted by a tall pierced acroter above a wreathed, foliate medallion and descending bellflowers. English, circa 1930.

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	width	height	depth
	18" 45.7 cms	20" 50.8 cms	12 1⁄2" 31.8 cms

Stock: 15435

An antique Victorian mahogany, three door dresser, with two moulded draws, flanked by a pair of carved corbels. The central doors on both the upper and lower cupboards are fixed, with only the outer doors opening. All are set beneath a moulded cornice, over a plain frieze with a further pair of carved corbels
Welsh, Circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	62 3⁄8" 158.5 cms	92 1⁄2" 235 cms	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms

Stock: 12162

A front section of a 19th century Lit Clos possibly of the Beren region in France, typically inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lozenge and compass motifs, set with brass studs and spindle turned roundels and an arched niche and small podium to the centre.
French, 19th century.

A Lit Clos, or Box Bed, is a traditional piece of furniture usually found in homes with only one room. It would be ,like sleeping in a cupboard but it did allow some privacy and was warm in winter.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71" 180.3 cms	61" 155 cms	8" 20.4 cms
Internal	35" 89 cms	39" 99 cms

Stock: 13990

A very rare pair of 17th century Charles II enameled brass andirons or fire dogs.

The uppermost decoration depicts the royal arms, which is supported by two nude male figures, between which is a vase of flowers. The andirons terminate in two disks also decorated with flowers, possibly tulips and roses.

Attributed to the workshops of Anthony Hatch and Stephen Pilcherd. Hatch was a well-known member of the Armourers and Braziers Company and worked with Pilcherd on the low-volume production of enamel ware, which would have been very expensive at the time.

Firedogs of cast brass decorated with red, blue and white enamel, with wrought iron supports, bearing the arms of Charles II or James II. The brass front is in 4 parts, the uppermost containing the royal arms, the middle part formed of two nude male figures supporting the arms with a vase of flowers between them, the lower portions in the form of two convex disks decorated with tulips and other flowers. Unlike cloisonné decoration, the enameled fields were cast in the mould.

London, c. 1660-1688.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15285

A Regency early Victorian style mahogany window seat or hall bench with turned and rolled end supports and raised on six turned tapering legs.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	65 7⁄8" 167.5 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms

Stock: 15332

A large Gothic Revival, cast iron Victorian fire grate in the manner of A.W.N Pugin. With a pointed trefoil arch backplate centred by rosette spray, a two barred grate mounted with a pair of fleur de lys finials and fronted by a very fine decorative pair of tall andirons each topped with brass ball finials.The andirons and fire grate bear diamond registration marks for 1867. English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 15359

A highly unusual and attractive Gothic Revival oak and inlaid ebony Victorian sideboard attributed to the renowned English furniture designer Charles Bevan(1820s-1882).

The undercut top shelf, with a raised three quarter gallery, rests above three neat drawers beneath which is a central set of recessed open shelves, flanked by two cupboards with quatrefoil paneled doors. The brass ringed handles, hinges and locks are original and the whole is supported on a sturdy plinth base. A finely made piece of furniture with great attention paid to detail and carving.
English, late 19th century.

Notes: Charles Bevan was a Victorian Gothic Revival designer who was noted for his marquetry designs. In earlier years he worked with prestigious furniture manufacturers and designers including Gillows and J. P. Seddon and became very well known his work featuring in catalogues and periodicals. A woodcarver and cabinetmaker of some distinction in 1872 he set up in partnership with his son, designing and manufacturing marquetry furniture until his death in 1892.Examples of his work can be viewed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and can also be found in various English country mansions.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	70 1⁄8" 178 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 11680

A pair of large teak and granite columns both in four parts, carved overall with dog-tooth and foliate decoration, the columns with later capitals and socles, on granite plinths. Indian, 19th century..possibly earlier.

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	width	height	depth
	10" 25.5 cms	97 3⁄16" 247 cms	10" 25.5 cms

Stock: 13777

A Regency cast iron fireback with a depiction of a charioteer driving two charging steeds set above an anthemion & swag panel. Early 19th century, possibly French.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 7⁄8" 55.5 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 13358

A cast Iron fireback, depicting a Greek style maiden in a floral setting.
French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 15278

A very fine Louis XVI antique chimneypiece in a lightly veined, soft grey Bardiglio marble. The stepped shelf, with a bead and reel under band, rests on a beautifully carved foliate frieze of scrolling acanthus leaves framing a small floral cartouche above a band of bound rod moulding. Flanking the frieze are large square floral paterae supported on bold, stopped fluted volute jambs. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	63 1⁄2" 161.3 cms	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	15" 38 cms
Internal	43 7⁄8" 111.5 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 14170

A small cast iron fireback depicting a classical scene of a maiden riding a dolphin pulled along by a 'water baby' set within a scrolled frame surrounded by masks and foliage.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms