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Stock: 14913

A set of three large French ormolu wall lights. These sconces are an unusual design, taking on Bacchic symbolism, with ribbons suspending coiled snakes, from which hang the three arms, adorned with swags of vines. Beneath, the mask of a satyr and his instruments, the pan pipes and a tambourine hang. French, c.1900.

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	width	height	depth
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 14078

An important piece of London's dockland history. This large bell was originally cast in 1737 for The East India Company. The cast inscription reads " R.P. 1737 THE HONARABLE EAST INDIA COMPANYS BELL AT THEIR CHAPEL IN POPLAR." and on the reverse "RECAST 1966 MEARS LONDON.

English circa 1737, recast in 1966.

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	Diameter	Height
	22" 56 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms

Stock: 11067

A fine 19th century carved pine chimneypiece in the Georgian manner, with a frieze decorated with finely carved floral garlands and foliate flourishes. Intended to be fitted with marble slips, which we can provide.

English, c. 1880.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 11⁄16" 156.8 cms	52 5⁄8" 133.5 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
Internal	53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms	40 11⁄16" 103.4 cms
Bottom width	54 1⁄8" 137.5 cms

Stock: 15344

A pair of tall cast iron Jacobean andirons. The bearded deities with intriguing head dress, hand mufflers and serpent-entwined lower quarters, with oak rather than fig leaf loin covering.
17th century possibly earlier. Probably Celtic inspired by Celtic design.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms

Stock: 14048

A pair of early 20th century, textured glass painted windows in rectangular leaded metal frames, decorated with naturalistic ribboned garlands of roses and foliage to the upper section above flamboyant sprays of flowers arranged within twin handled urns. French, circa 1910.

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	width	height	depth
	29 1⁄4" 74.5 cms	61" 155 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 13122

An imposingly large Jacobean Revival cedar wood antique fireplace surround with an exquisitely inlaid over mantel. This chimneypiece has a projecting pediment on the upper register which rests above a pair of strapwork panels beneath which are two high arched panels decorated with stylised ornate inlaid vases of flowers picked out in satinwood, mahogany, sycamore and ebony. The panels are set between three pairs of free standing, reeded columns with finely carved capitals terminating in tall strapwork feet. Beneath the over mantel is a fireplace surround, with a moulded shelf above a strapwok carved barrel undershelf, supported by a pair of tapering reeded jambs resting on tall footblocks.
English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height (Overall)	Depth
External	90 5⁄8" 230 cms	129 7⁄8" 330 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Internal	53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms	60" 152.5 cms

Stock: 11094

An unusually large Louis XV fireplace surround in Rouge De Rance red and white figured marble. The wide serpentine shelf sits on the shaped frieze which is centred by a shell cartouche, flanked by scrolled endblocks descending on shaped and paneled, angled jambs. French, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	74" 188 cms	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
Internal	59 5⁄8" 151.5 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms

Stock: 15454

A pair of French Louis XVI gilt ormolu style two branch wall lights with ornate pierced back plates from which emanate the scrolled arms adorned with rosette motifs.
French, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	9 5⁄8" 24.5 cms	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms

Stock: 15453

A lovely pair of Booth’s Silicone China Scale Blue table lamps. Hand painted in the manner of 18th century Worcester, these are decorated with a profusion of gilt, on a cobalt blue fishscale ground. The cartouches are painted with exotic birds - presumably pheasants - and exquisite flowers. Simple Empire style lamp shades would suit these lamps very well.
English, circa 1900.

Research: Booths' most highly prized pattern is Scale Blue, an early C20th copy of the famous Worcester blue glaze featuring vignettes with exquisitely hand-painted birds and flowers. Now extremely hard to come by, it is much sought after by Booths connoisseurs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 15460

A George III 30 hour oak longcase clock with an engraved silvered dial and Roman numerals, framed by gilt spandrels to the corners. To the centre of the dial is a date aperture, and also an arched moondial with hand painted decoration. This elegant dial sits within a columned hood of an elegantly simple design. It has a 4 pillar movement. This clock will be serviced upon purchase.

Signed: Samuel Butterworth of Rochdale.
English, c.1770.

	width	height	depth
	79" 200.6 cms	23" 58.4 cms

Stock: 15434

A very large, hand painted maiolica urn in the form of a classical wine krater. The exquisite painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting the Judgement of Paris, the other Venus and Cupid with attendants. This is set against a blue ground decorated with foliate scrolls, masks and shells. The handles are fashioned into winged, leopard like beasts.

It would make a fantastic centrepiece on a table and is designed to be seen in the round.

Italian, late 19th, early 20th century. Unmarked.

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	width	height	depth
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Base	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 15438

A late 18th century Statuary and Brocatelle marble chimneypiece, inlaid with a Greek key design on the frieze. The finely carved tablet depicts a goddess, perhaps Persephone, holding a cornucopia brimming with fruit, including a pineapple; something of a luxury in 18th century Britain. Beside her, a putto holds aloft an ear of wheat as he rides a lion pulling the goddess' chariot. In the distance, a small temple sits atop a hill, very much like the temple follies seen in 18th century parkland. Flanking the frieze are two elegantly carved endblocks, depicting a putto holding torches - another symbol of Persephone. These are supported by gently tapered jambs, inlaid with flutes of brocatelle marble and terminating in plain footblocks.
English, Circa 1790 with restorations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	74 13⁄16" 190 cms	60 13⁄16" 154.5 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms
Internal	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	47" 119.5 cms

Stock: 14934

An early 20th century, Rococo style, eight branch gilt brass chandelier, hung from an ornate ring, the arms emanating from a bulbous stem terminating in a reverse pineapple,finial.
French, circa 1910.

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	Diameter	Drop
	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 15452

A fine example of an early twentieth century time recorder clock in an oak case. The bevelled glass panel bears the words 'Manufactured By The National Time Recorder Co. (Patentees) London SE.' The clock face with Roman numerals is set within a carved wood frame and bears the name British Time Recorder Co. Ltd. 149 Farringdon Road, London EC. beneath which is a small metal plaque stating 'Overhauled by British Time Recorder Co. Ltd, 149 Farringdon Road, London EC1 Phone. Terminus 1451 and the Reg No 8129'. This Time Recorder is in full working order.
English, circa 1912.

Notes: Time Recorders like this one would have been used to record the times workers came in and out of their place of work. The National Time Recorder Co. Ltd (incorporated in 1917, company number 146424, though possibly founded around 10 years earlier in 1907) was one of the two largest UK manufacturers of time recorders in the UK. The head office and factory was originally based in Blackfriars London, and moved to the Lagoon Works in St Mary Cray (Orpington) Kent in 1951, on the site of the Blue Lagoon swimming pool which had been damaged during the war. Other branches were established in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. .

	Width	Height	Depth
	15 7⁄8" 40.3 cms	47" 119.5 cms	11" 28 cms

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.

Insert not included.

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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 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: 14270

A fine quality 20th century cut glass five branch chandelier in the Georgian manner. The central baluster stem holds five swan neck branches which are is profusely hung with cut crystal drops.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 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: 14971

A large grand gilt bronze clock garniture in the Louis XVI style. The clock, with an 8 day striking movement that strikes on the half and the full hour and with it's original pendulum and key, is set in an ornate gilt bronze case mounted on its original giltwood base, which is a rare survival. The convex porcelain dial with cobalt blue Roman hours and black Arabic minutes, fine gilt hands, ringed lion masks and a bevelled convex glass door is topped by an ornate lidded urn with an acorn finial. The pair of tall five branch candelabra with further ringed lion masks also retain their original giltwood bases.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms	27" 68.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 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	43 7⁄8" 111.6 cms	7 13⁄16" 19.7 cms
Internal	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 4196

A pair of small decorative, Statuary marble Regency carved ionic capitals with their original patina. a/f English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	10" 25.5 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms

Stock: 11945

A very fine 20th century crystal and brass four light chandelier in the English Regency manner profusely hung throughout with cut glass drops, spears and beads. The central reeded column stem, descending from the ornate corona and terminating with a small glass orb, supports four scrolled branches with upturned bell shaped glass candle pans around the rosette adorned brass rim which is surmounted by scrolled floral brackets.
English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms

Stock: 13074

An early 20th century gilt metal and crystal glass three branch with a foliate corona from which hang multiple crystal bead swags linked to the brass ring which supports the three scrolled arms and drop bead and spear candle holder. Wired for electricity.
English early 20th century.

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	Drop	Diameter
	35" 89 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 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: 9309

A late Victorian rocking horse with embossed thistle badge to the stand possibly that of the rocking horse makers G & J LInes of London. Unrestored and in need of loving attention a/f.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	53 7⁄8" 137 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15429

A large and imposing Statuary and Connemara marble Neoclassical style chimneypiece very much in the Palladian manner of Isaac Ware. The wide stepped shelf rests above a band of substantial dentil carving, beneath which lies a Connemara marble frieze centred with a large statuary marble 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 fire basket SNo 14151 not included.

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: 15030

A Louis XV style antique cast iron fireplace insert. French, 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms
Internal	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	26" 66 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: 10719

A Renaissance stone door casement, carved in dark grey Pietra Serena stone. The elegant overdoor takes the form of a concave scallop shell, a motif derived from Roman sarcophagi, which later became a Christian symbol of rebirth, resurrection and pilgrimage. This suggests that the doorway was perhaps an entrance to a place of worship. Beneath this, stylised dolphins are carved nose to tail, undulating across the now weathered surface, worn after centuries of exposure to the elements. Supporting this are carved capitals and jambs decorated with urns and foliate details.

Northern/Central Italian, possibly Florentine. A very similar door is on display in the Victorian and Albert Museum's Renaissance Gallery.

Restoration not possible.

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	width	height	depth
	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	150 13⁄16" 383 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	86 13⁄16" 220.5 cms

Stock: 6593

The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.

A very rare, 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