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Stock: 9596

A well carved antique stone pediment, carved in the Baroque manner, in the form of a plain oval cartouche under a crown, draped with abundant laurel swags supported on a scrolled cornucopia of fruit. The cartouche bears an inscription which reads 'Statuary and Mason' and this could be removed and re-carved.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
height		47 3⁄16" 120 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms
width		47 5⁄8" 121 cms

Stock: 12694

A pair of large Louis XV style bronze winged dragon chenets. The dark brown patinatinated winged beasts guarding portrait medallions set in decorative scrolled bases. Shown below with a 'Swans nest' grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	15" 38 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 11957

A large bronze Greek Revival style five light chandelier the circlet decorated with lion and panther masks and with eternity knots in the chains. The central hanging drum has a circular frieze of repoussé decorated figures derived from the relief carving of horsemen on the west frieze of the Parthenon at the Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
Mid 19th century.

Notes: The original frieze was created circa 438-432 BC and forms part of the Elgin marbles in the British Museum, London. Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin gained permission from the Ottoman rulers of Greece to remove some of the sculptures from the Parthenon while serving as the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to 1803. The marbles were purchased by the then British Government in 1816 to both great acclaim & some controversy and placed in the British Museum.

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	Diameter	Height
	24" 61 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms

Stock: 12474

A small cast and wrought iron Victorian fire basket with scrolled feet and urn finials.Two firebars, with two small scrolls under the bars.
Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 12350

A substantial Edwardian carved oak church lectern in the Neo Gothic manner. The double sided reading surfaces separated by quatrefeuille carved triangular sections and carved ends on a waisted baluster column above a large shaped base.
English, dated 1906.

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	width	height	depth
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	58 1⁄8" 147.5 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 12460

A small antique bronze stags head wall bracket after Christophe Fratin, the horseshoe shaped platform with an underside cast with oak sprigs and acorns, above the stag’s head with six-point antlers, the underside inscribed ‘FRATIN’.
French late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms	6 7⁄8" 17.5 cms

Stock: 8243

A pair of finely carved volute shaped antique Italian wall fountains in pink Verona marble, embellished with extensive fishscale carving and featuring large and handsome lion head masks. Italian late 18th century.

Notes: There is damage to the mouth of one of the left hand lion head mask and to the fishscale carving on the right hand piece.

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	width	height	depth
	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	30 1⁄8" 76.5 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 12623

A cast iron arched fireback with a Double Headed Eagle bearing a shield beneath a crown the cresting of the House of Habsburg Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon and Castile ( 1500 - 1558 ). .
French, 19th century replica of a 17th century original.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 11702

A large antique circular bronze roundel or plaque depicting a reclining female faun and a pipe playing putti.
English, 19th century.

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	diameter	depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 11498

A well sculpted antique statuary marble bust in the manner of a Roman Senator.
Probably Italian, 19th century.

Reminiscent of the Bust of Cicero, by Peter Scheemakers, 1743 (Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland).

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	width	height	depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 12667

A pair of antique wrought iron andirons in the Renaissance manner. The scrolling wrought iron is enhanced by the addition of repoussée foliate decoration, topped of with square finials.

English, Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 12679

An antique large Victorian bronze figure of a Knight Crusader.
Mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 12486

BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET, RIVERSIDE, CITY OF LONDON.
A very large and heavy cast iron arched grill depicting the arms of the City of London and the Fishmongers Livery Company, once a feature of the Lower Thames Street elevation of the Old Billingsgate Fish Market which fronts onto the River Thames between London & Tower Bridges close to The Tower of London, one of the three castings, removed during the 1960s/70s, from the central arches of the entrance to the arcade.
Designed by Sir Horace Jones in 1877 & made by Cottam & Willmore, London circa 1877.

Notes:
The first Billingsgate Market building was constructed on Lower Thames Street in 1850 by the builder John Jay, and the fish market was moved off the streets into its new riverside building. This was demolished in around 1873 and replaced by the arcaded market hall designed by City architect Horace Jones and built by John Mowlem & Co. in 1875, the building that still stands on the site today. Now used as an events venue, such as for the 2004 MTV tribute for 'The Cure', it remains a major London landmark and a notable Grade II listed building.

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	wide	height	depth
	99 5⁄8" 253 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	2" 5 cms

Stock: 12599

An unadorned early 19th century English Regency marble fireplace surround in beautiful richly coloured Siena marble, with simple stepped end blocks and plain jambs.
English circa 1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	72" 183 cms	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms
Internal	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 12558

An antique Gothic Revival carved and painted wooden jardiniere, with four foliate pine cone scroll supports to the upper section, painted in green, gold, blue & red.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms

Stock: 11334

A slender classical three tiered painted cast iron fountain surmounted by a winged cherub and with the foundry mark of the Handyside Foundry, Glasgow on the base stem. Late 19th century.

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	width	height
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	50" 127 cms

Stock: 12527

A pair of superb gilt-bronze chenets/andirons in the 17th century Italian-French Baroque manner, richly decorated with dolphin podae, winged cherubs and fleur-de-lys surmounted obelisks.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms

Stock: 12517

An Italian Baroque Revival fireplace mantel boldly carved in classic Travertine Stone with a jutting descending undershelf above a gently curved opening and with tapering lozenge panelled decoration on the jambs.
Early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 1⁄8" 162.7 cms	50 7⁄8" 129.2 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 cms
Internal	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	40 13⁄16" 103.7 cms

Stock: 12225

A very large 20th century crystal glass " Mongofier" bag chandelier in the Regency manner, with richly ornamented gilt bronze decorative trim. There are three others available. English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Drop
	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	65" 165 cms

Stock: 12562

A smart Victorian brass fireplace fender with fine barley twist bars, metal plate base & top rail with fire tool retaining knobs. English, circa 1850.

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	Width	Height
	40 5⁄8" 103 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 12493

A tall 19th century walnut chimneypiece and overmantel in the French Renaissance Revival manner. The panelled overmantel shown without a painting or tapestry in the space provided. The upper frieze fluted at the front and the sides, with rich acanthus floral carving on the corners, above the lower panelled frieze supported on large full round, tapering, stop fluted columns. Image before restoration and revival of polish. Photos before restoration.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	115 11⁄16" 294 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	38" 96.5 cms

Stock: 12304

A Louis XVI style late19th century antique chimneypiece in Breccia Dorata Marble, the straight moulded shelf supported on scrolled console jambs with lion paw feet.
French ca 1880.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	58 1⁄4" 148 cms	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms
Internal	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 11466

A large period late Georgian pine Fireplace Surround well carved with egg and dart under the plain moulded shelf and around the opening. The frieze centred by a tablet carved with a ribboned fruit swag. Shown fitted with large marble footblocks and grey veined and figured marble ingrounds.
English 1880s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	81 7⁄8" 208 cms	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms
Internal	66 7⁄8" 170 cms	50" 127 cms

Stock: 12390

A Victorian spoon backed armchair well carved in light mahogany with sculpted features on the arns and on the cabriole legs. Typical of the period with deep buttoned upholstery. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

Stock: 12381

A bronze and wrought iron dinner gong in the Arts and Crafts manner together with the striker. The hammered gong has sections neatly cut out supposedly to change the resonance.
English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter (gong)	Height (stand)	Width (stand)
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 12469

A pair of superb gilt-bronze chenets, andirons in the 17th century Italian/French Baroque manner, richly decorated with dolphin podae, winged putti & fleur-de-lys surmounted obelisks.

French, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms

Stock: 12323

A carved mahogany armchair in the Georgian Chippendale manner of generous elegant proportions typical of the period with excellent carved detail with a high pierced splat back;. The blue leather upholstered seat flanked by handsomely scrolled arms descending to ornate florally carved cabriole front legs with ball and claw feet. English, early 19th century in the mid 18th century manner.

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	width	height	depth
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 12259

A carved oak Victorian magistrates chair with a high upholstered back and stuffed over-seat from the Stratford Magistrates Court in south London. Image before restoration and re-upholstery. English, late 19th century.

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Stock: 11900

A historic propeller from the Le Rhone Rotary engine of an Avro 504 airplane.This fine early, large laminated, mahogany and oak propeller, made around 1919 bears identification stamps indicating its British Air Ministry registration, and technical specifications. The particular 110 HP LE RHONE engine was unusual in that the entire circular cylinder block rotated around the crankshaft, in contrast to RADIAL and in-line engines when it was the crankshaft that rotated.

The AVRO 504K was a fighter bomber aeroplane used by the RAF in the First World War. 10,000 were built from the first flight in 1913 to 1932 making it the most produced plane from WW1. It was later flown by 40 air forces world wide. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English, circa 1919.

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	Length	Height	Depth
	106 1⁄4" 270 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	6 3⁄8" 16.3 cms

Stock: 11898

A Large 1920 laminated polished walnut, broad two bladed aircraft propeller. Each blade has a brass cap to the tip, the leading edge pinned with scallop decorative brass protective strip, the boss stamped OCM No. 73 OCM over the date 20.6.927, further stamped CA73 ASSO 500 Diam 295 PAS 172 194 DIS 014, and finished in deep green over perhaps red with white banding, paint surface now aged with crackle finish. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English circa 1927.

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	diameter
	116 1⁄8" 295 cms

Stock: 11896

A rare Handley Page HP 1930's two bladed aircraft propeller. Two of these very large laminated mahogany propellers were fitted on each of the four Bristol Jupiter XIF radial engines of this early Imperial Airways Airliner which carried 24 passengers and 4 crew in 500 mile hops cruising at 100mph. Initially these four classically named behemoths reached in up to 28 stages destinations as far as Karachi in then India. Later based in Cairo they were to provide the ultimate long distance connection to South Africa and eventually to Australia. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1930's.

With the names Hanno, Hannibal, Hadrian and Horsa there were four of these rather impressive clippers of the skies on Imperial Airways', later B.O.A.C., intercontinental run. They, their crews and ground staff were pioneers using what now is seen as elementary Boy's Own technology but whose personnel, installations and expertise were used to great advantage when war came in the 1940's and a flood of military aircraft were ferried from the Canadian and American factories over the Caribean and South America to the North African, Far and Near East theaters of the war.

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	diameter
	141 11⁄16" 360 cms

Stock: 11895

The markings of this mahogany Bristol Bulldog Propeller show that it was fitted to a Bristol Mercury IV S.2 Radial aircooled aircraft engine and dated May 1932 . This one has a 10ft diameter with brass leading edge covers. These engines were first fitted to Bulldogs in March 1932. At this time it was the front line RAF fighter. The provenance is obscure but it is believed that it was found in an Italian mountain village. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1930's.

The Bulldog was a sophisticated and powerful biplane and one of the last of the RAF's frontline biplane fighters. It was replaced in 1937 by the Hurricane. It was in one of these Bulldogs that the RAF fighter ace, Douglas Bader, became one of the RAF's leading air pilots.

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	diameter
	120 1⁄2" 306 cms

Stock: 11894

An original propeller from the Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 6 cylinder radial aircraft engine aircraft engine propeller dated July 1933 and much used for Avro “Anson” twin engined aircraft which was a between the wars RAF and American Army Air Corps training aircraft. It also equipped the famous Bristol Bulldog single seat fighter and others. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1933.

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	width
	88 3⁄16" 224 cms

Stock: 11893

A historic World War I De Havilland two blade mahogany, ash and walnut propeller. The eight stud fitting holes indicate that this propeller would have been fitted to a De Havilland Gnome 14 cylinder, 100hp two row radial rotary engine which powered the BS, later designated the SE2, single engine World War 1 scout/fighter designed and first flown by a young Geoffrey De Havilland around 1913. It was the first aeroplane in the world specifically designed as a fast single seat scout and as Bleriot was said to have originated the tractor biplane, was known as the Bleriot Scout, or B.S.1. It was manufactured at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, England. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English early 20th century.

Notes: The wooden, circular section monococque fuselage was a masterpiece of the cabinet maker's art and years ahead of its time. It merged smoothly into the lines of the closely cowled engine to give the B.S.1 a very good streamlined shape. Lateral control was by warping the single bay wings and the tail unit featured a diminutive rudder, without fixed fin, mounted above a one-piece tailplane and elevator. For its day the B.S.1 was very fast and in March 1913 its designer, now Lt. de Havilland, Special Reserve, was timed over the speed course at 91.4 m.p.h. Unfortunately the rudder was far too small for the considerable keel surface of the deep front fuselage and directional control was poor. Consequently, later on the day of the speed trials, it went out of control in a turn and de Havilland was injured as it struck the ground in a flat spin.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	97 5⁄8" 248 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 12498

An attractive and understated Baltic sofa canapé in the Empire Biedermeir manner of the early 19th century. Guilt brass mounted and built in solid wood with a mahogany veneer and still with its original striped fabric which is repairable. This furniture is elegant and stylish and would complement a modern environment. Image before restoration.
North German, early 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	74 1⁄4" 188.8 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	29" 73.6 cms