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Stock: 8005

An elegant white painted beechwood sofa canapé in the manner of Louis XVI carved with a typical Neoclassical detail of vitruvian scrolling bellflowers and lambs tongue, supported on four tapering and fluted legs to the front. French, late 19th century, ( reupholstered in the 20th century).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	68" 172.7 cms	41 1⁄2" 105.4 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 12221

A substantial and impressive late 19th century profusely carved pine and limewood chimneypiece in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The frieze, with its exquisitely carved limewood detail, has a central plaque of a classical urn draped with bellflower festoons flanked by further bellflower swags and there are two smaller delicately carved urns on the endblocks set above finely fluted tapering columns surmounted with scrolled Ionic capitals.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	80 11⁄16" 205 cms	61 13⁄16" 157 cms	11 3⁄16" 28.5 cms
Internal	51 13⁄16" 131.5 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms

Stock: 12467

A rare pair of large textured bronze patinated cast iron & brass mounted Andirons in the Neo Gothic manner of A.W.N Pugin (1812 –1852) on tall square tapering obelisks surmounted with globe finials, with typical Pugin-esque brass patinated clasps descending to further lower clasp brackets round the Obelisk bases, supported on wide arched supports again embellished with patinated brass Gothic Revival brackets. The plain cast iron dog leg billet bars with round log stop finials. Shown with a sawn basket, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	29 1⁄4" 74.5 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 11959

A well defined cast iron fireback with the double headed eagle looking to East and West. The symbolism is related to the Byzantine, the first Christian Church, founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine in Constantinople. An early 20th century replica of a 17th-18th century original of the house of Habsburg Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon and Castile ( 1500 - 1558 ).
An early 20th century copy from an original 18th century Flemish fireback.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 12279

An ornate pair of Gothic brass andirons in the form of heraldic griffins fronting Gothic spires linked by a connecting pierced bar fender embellished with a scrolled geometric Gothic designs. Can be fitted with backbars and we can supply Swan nest baskets in various sizes if required, at extra cost.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 12276

A pair of tall ornate cast brass chenets in the Gothic Revival manner with foliate detail, linked by a rope twist front fender bar. Can be fitted with backbars and we can supply Swan nest baskets in various sizes if required, at extra cost.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10" 25.5 cms	26" 66 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 11537

A pair of cast iron Gothic Revival style andirons, with stylised plant base, fluted shaft and quatre feuille top. English late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 7⁄8" 15 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 12199

An unusual burnished steel Regency fireplace fender with an Imperial St Edward's Coronation Crown central finial, the front sweeping down either side with floral brass decoration and raised on three brass lion paw feet.

English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	11" 28 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms

Stock: 12455

An attractive Statuary Marble period William IV Chimneypiece. The simply moulded straight shelf supported over large scrolled endblocks over stylised floral detail, flanking the panelled frieze over panelled jambs.
English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 5⁄8" 159 cms	48" 122 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 12443

A large pair of polished brass Rampant Lion chenets in the Palladian manner of Louis XIV. Each lion stands on a shaped fluted plinth supporting an armorial shield.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	19 1⁄2" 49.5 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 6124

The Uccelli Caminetto:
A rare and very grand Italian Baroque fireplace mantel in black Tunisian Nero Antico Marble with polychrome Pietra Dura inlaid designs of birds and floral foliage. The central panel featuring an acanthus cartouche, floral scrolls and uccelli (birds) with various coloured Pietra Dura inlays and Giallo Siena, Spanish Brocatelle, Statuary, Verde Antico, Carrara & Languedoc Rouge marbles.
Italian, circa 1660.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	84 5⁄8" 215 cms	63" 160 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.6 cms
Internal	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	46 7⁄8" 119 cms

Stock: 7873

A large grey Ashburton Marble fireplace surround in the Tudor Gothic manner with fine pink and white veining and with deeply recessed mouldings above footblocks topped by decorative finial knobs.
English, circa 1850.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 1⁄8" 185.7 cms	50 5⁄8" 128.5 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms
Internal	54 1⁄8" 137.5 cms	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms

Stock: 12291

An early Victorian carved limestone Chimneypiece with a large moulded shelf over a convex panelled frieze flanked by large roundels / bull's eyes, supported on rectangular panelled jambs. Image before restoration. English, circa 1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 3⁄16" 163 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	4 1⁄2" 11.5 cms
Internal	32 7⁄8" 83.5 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms

Stock: 10971

An ornate late Regency Greek revival boot scraper, with the Birmingham foundry's stamps on either side, and two pairs of storks drinking from pitchers in the manner of Aesop's fable, with further Greek Revival ornament in the acanthus leaf decoration around the base and the palmettes on the urns. English, early 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	13" 33 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 12256

A small Victorian brass and wire mesh nursery fire guard, with a brass top-rail over a wire mesh grill with fixing points to each side, raised on three turned brass feet.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 11768

A pair of well carved stone Renaissance overdoors each with carved central cartouche depicting Medieval noblemen. Images before restoration.
Northern England, 18th century.

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	width
	36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 11224

A cast iron fireback in the Medieval manner, with two rampant hunting hounds on either side holding a shield centred with a large cross surmounted by a knights tasselled helmet, the arms of Henry Campbell Bruce. Inscribed with a Welsh motto, Ofner na ofne angau translates as 'Fear him who does not fear death'.

Welsh, Circa 1906.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 11527

A rather large framed burnished brass embossed panel in the Baroque manner, featuring myriad Putti reaping and stacking corn, pressing grapes and sleeping it off in the Bachanalian tradition, all in a rural landscape setting. The scene was possibly taken from original drawings, please see images below, which may have been part of a series depicting The Harvest as shown in The Connoisseur Magazine Oct 1911 pages 99 & 103, artist unknown.
Late 19th early 20th century.

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	length
	65 11⁄16" 167 cms

Stock: 12297

An unusual pair of Nautical themed Andirons, very well detailed and textured, topped by Schooner rigged sailing ships, riding on foaming waves, the anchors entwined with stylised seaweed, with articulated back billet / log bars. Shown here with a swans nest grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms	19 13⁄16" 50.3 cms

Stock: 12134

A life size bronze of Don Quixote of La Mancha who with his squire, Sancho Panza was the inveterate tilter at windmills. He was the creation of the early 17th century author Miguel de Cervantes.
Sculptor: Fredy Balthazar Stoll(1869-1949).
Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12251

A very grand antique Victorian log grate in the Jacobean Revival manner. Large, robust and stylish with enormous andirons,a bowed log basket and typical stylised Jacobean adornment. English mid 19th century.

Provenance: Southampton University, Hampshire, England. It is possible that this grate was originally from The Hartley Institution opened in 1862 and which in 1902 became the University College of Southampton. The Institute was demolished in 1936. Please see third image below.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 11588

A very large Coalbrookdale cast iron hallstand, the elements cast in the form of tree branches and with the Coalbrookdale Foundry diamond registration marks to the back.
English, registration mark for 1865.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	81 1⁄2" 207 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 10572

A large ornate bronze chandelier in the Rococo manner with a highly ornate bulbous stem terminating in a large flattened orb and from which the twelve scrolling, acanthus clad branches emanate. A delightful pineapple in a cup is a central feature within a cage of three scrolling acanthus branches. Each candle cup is formed of overlapping leaves.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 12142

A pair of cast iron Andirons in the Mannerist style, the intriguing bearded deities with even more intriguing head dress, hand mufflers and serpent- entwined lower quarters, with oak rather than fig leaf loin covering. Shown here with a 'Swans nest' grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, 17th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 3206

A large Irish cast iron Fire Grate in the late Georgian manner, with brass clad front and pierced brass apron below the four shaped fire bars. This fire grate has its original brass front but the carcass was very damaged and has been rebuilt.
Irish early 19th century front with later restoration. Chantry

	Width	Height	Depth
External	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	28" 71 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 8060

A pair of large, elegant and slender antique French brass andirons in the Louis XVI manner. Each with round tapering shafts with repousse floral motifs at the top and base on "C"- scroll supports ending in lion paw feet. The brass log stops also decorated, with gadrooned finials.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	27" 68.5 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms

Stock: 11656

A colourful Oriental style four fold hand painted and lacquered wooden room screen each shaped panel with a depiction of a young musician maid playing a flute. This is remarkably similar to an oil on canvas painting by Chen Yifei (1946-2005), a famous Chinese artist, painter and director please see last image. There is evidence that this screen has been over painted as shadowy outlines can be seen behind the figures and the screen and original paintings could be of an earlier date.
English, date unknown.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	67 11⁄16" 172 cms	72 3⁄16" 183.5 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 11953

A rare pair of satinwood veneered & painted commodes in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, with shaped crossbanded and painted tops, over a shallow central carved top drawer over two deep lower drawers, flanked by concave panelled side cupboards supported on shaped decorated turned legs. Each cabinet contains two concealed draws.

English, circa 1900.

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	width	height	depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	21 7⁄8" 55.7 cms

Stock: 9995

A pair of Charles II style ornate silver plated brass andirons in the Baroque manner. The large urns, with gadroon detail top and bottom, are surmounted by fruited foliate finials, female masks with flowing locks either side, central masks of Greek athletes in medallions supported on substantial four cloven-footed, scrolled plinths, centred by lion masks. Pagan Roman inspiration is evident here.

English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9" 22.8 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms

Stock: 10700

A massive aluminium heraldic spread eagle, with three Ducal coronets on it's breasts and wings the original emblem, without the three crowns was used by the Barclays Bank Group from the early 18th century. The three crowns were added in the 1930's to differentiate it from those emblems used for centuries in varying forms by royal households, countries and other establishments.
English, 1930's.

Notes: When in 1728 the Barclays Bank company moved into the premises known as The Black Spread Eagle on Lombard Street in central London they adopted as their emblem the sign of a Black Spread Eagle which had been left by the previous unknown tenants of the building. The premises later became 54 Lombard Street. Barclays present day blue emblem, first introduced in the 1960's and adopted in 1970, is based on the old earlier logo as shown on the hanging Bank sign below.

Casting of monuments and works of art in aluminium was first used by Alfred Gilbert in 1893 for his statue of Eros (famously misnamed, the figure is in fact Anteros, his twin brother), the Greek God of requited love, which is poised on top of the memorial to Lord Shaftsbury in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	72" 183 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 12026

A pair of brass bronze Louis XVI style twin branch wall sconces with pierced tapering backplates and ribbon tie crestings. Late 19th early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms

Stock: 11503

A pretty and decorative cast iron mid Victorian antique fireplace insert with a bow fronted basket & attractive varied scrolled acanthus and other decoration.
English, circa 1850.
Please note that this is not suitable for use with solid fuels.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 11782

A pair of gooseneck wrought iron andirons with roasting spit brackets to the backs.

English, early 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms

Stock: 8045

A large cast iron and bronze " Nautilus " log grate made in the nineteenth century by The Nautilus Fire Company of Yeovil, Somerset. The side floral decoration in the Renaissance manner, on four iron wheels, the front bar posts with large bronze spiral finials, a scrolled bronze canopy which revolves forward and back to reduce the airflow, and bronze trim either side.
English mid to late 19th century.

NOTES : When Queen Victoria had Nautilus fire grates installed at Balmoral Castle and Osborne House demand for them grew substantially. The design by the Petter family firm was based on the internal shape of the Nautilus shell by means of which the fumes and smoke circulated in a chamber before being drawn out through the flue.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 12059

One Art Deco ceiling light with fluted glass shades and bowls. The glass shade is chipped on the inside.
English 1930s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	15" 38 cms