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Stock: 16761

A small and very charming 19th century fire basket with an ornate Dutch fireback. The fireback depicts The Fox and the Stork, one of Aesop's fables, at the moment in which the stork has his revenge, serving supper to the fox in a long narrow vessel, after the fox had invited him to dine with him, serving the food in shallow bowls from which the stork couldn't eat. The moral is to not play tricks on others unless you wish for them to do the same in return. This charming fireback is mounted on an Aesthetic Movement fire grate, with ornate front bars, and allium bud form finials.

English, c.1880. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms
Back width	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16675

A large and handsome bronze and cast iron enclosed fire basket. The large grate with integral flue connection is set beneath a domed and panelled bronze canopy, centred with a ribbon tied garland of fruit, above scrolling supports and a pierced front apron, all raised on turned cast iron supports.

This type of enclosed fire basket with integral flue connection is ideal for use with fire surrounds with large openings and or small chimney flues, as the basket is connected directly to the flue in the same way as a stove.

English, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	22 11⁄16" 57.6 cms	29 1⁄4" 74.4 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Back width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 16481

A fine Rococo Louis XV chimneypiece in pavonazzo marble. The serpentine shelf sits above a beautifully carved panelled frieze, centred with a shell cartouche framed by sprays of olive. This is framed by the scrolling enblocks, mounted over the scrolling console jambs. carved with a simple stop-fluted decoration.

French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	43 13⁄16" 111.2 cms	16" 40.7 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	36 1⁄2" 92.7 cms

Stock: 16500

A fine Arts & Crafts brass electrolier, in the manner of William Whitehouse & Co and W.A.S. Benson. The brass takes an organic form, and borrows the essence of design from the Art Nouveau style, with the central brass corona issuing three arms, from which hang the original bell-shaped vaseline glass shades.

English, c.1900.

Hook and chain not included but can supply a suitable fitting.

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	Diameter	Drop
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 6628

A large Victorian Kilkenny marble arched fireplace with star decoration. This large and grand fireplace is carved from a striking black Kilkenny marble, with white fossils dramatically set against a black background. The large moulded shelf rest on the generous spandrel jambs with chamfered corners, carved with a Star of David decoration, which flanks the keystone of cartouche form, mounted above the generously moulded arched opening.

English, c.1860.
Measurements footblock to footblock 185.3cm View our collection of: antique Firebacks

	Width	Height	Depth
External	78 1⁄4" 198.8 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	15" 38 cms
Internal	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 16738

A pair of fine and large 19th century copies of the Sosibios vase by Handyside & Co in cast iron, with associated stone bases. These copies of the Greek krater were originally retailed by the Handyside foundry at £4 in 1880.

Notes:
This cast iron urn is modelled on a white marble urn from antiquity by Sosibios, a Greek sculptor working in Rome around 50 BC. An English version of the model was later in the 1874 catalogue of A. Handyside and Co. of Derby and London. A set of four painted cast-iron urns of this model sold at Christie's Wrotham Park, 4 June 1991 lot 120.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Vases	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Overall		42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms

Stock: 16545

A fine Renaissance Revival antique pedestal or garden seat in white terracotta. The cylinder shaped form is decorated in relief with mythical beasts and scrolling foliage and has acquired a lovely patina over time. This shape of garden seat originated in China.

English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 17004

A Regency style, subtly veined white marble fireplace. The central tablet carved with an image of Diana the huntress, is flanked by reeded panels and carved paturae end blocks, supported on reeded jambs over simple footblocks.

Mid to late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	69 1⁄2" 176.6 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms
Internal	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms
Outer footblock	59 5⁄8" 151.5 cms

Stock: 16669

A pair of fine Doulton Lambeth buff terracotta garden urns and pedestals. The urns are of tazza form, perfect for planting, with floral and stiff leaf decoration in low relief over slender socles. They rest on elegant fluted column pedestals, with a dynamic egg and dart rim to the base.

English, c.1860.

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	Diameter	Height
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	44 7⁄8" 114 cms

Stock: 16729

A rare 17th century example of a large Wealden fireback dedicated to Charles II. This fireback is thought to commemorate the event in which the King evaded Cromwellian pursuers by hiding in the Boscobel Oak, known as the 'Royal Oak', as it is labelled on this fireback. This oak had before been used to signify the union of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but was later repurposed to remember this exciting victory for the Royalists.

England, possibly Sussex or Kentish Weald, c. 1660.

This fireback has been strapped after historic damage caused it to crack and break. View our collection of: antique Firebacks

	Width	Height	Depth
	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.5 cms

Stock: 16309

A late Victorian gilt and gesso overmantel mirror in the neoclassical taste.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms

Stock: 15983

A pair of cast iron two handled half fluted campana shaped garden vases, everted beaded rims above broad bands of scrolling acanthus and fluted circular socles on a square base.

English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 16643

A small but fine Louis XV Rococo fireplace in a very subtly mottled Carrara marble. The serpentine frieze is centred by a rocaille or shell and foliate scrollwork with trailing flowers, and this motif is echoed on the scrolling endblocks and canted console jambs.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms
Internal	35 5⁄8" 90.3 cms	35" 88.8 cms
Outer footblock	51 1⁄2" 130.7 cms

Stock: 16636

A large and very decorative cast iron garden bench after Coalbrookdale's iconic fern pattern which was patented in 1858.

English, mid to late 20th century.

A pair with stock no. 16635.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16635

A large and very decorative cast iron garden bench after Coalbrookdale's iconic fern pattern which was patented in 1858.

English, mid to late 20th century.

A pair with stock no. 16636.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63" 160 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16736

A deeply moulded bolection fireplace in a very dark grey, hard limestone with subtle veining.

Italian, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	50 3⁄16" 127.4 cms	43 3⁄16" 109.8 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms
Internal	36 1⁄8" 91.6 cms	36 1⁄8" 91.6 cms

Stock: 15948

A large and grand 18th century register grate in polished steel. Strikingly plain in decoration, the façade is sparsely decorated with round paterae engraved with flowers and a beaded border frames the opening. The generous grate is perfect for making a large fire and is enclosed by three bowed front bars. This is mounted above a pierced apron.

English late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Internal	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 16747

A fine and large cast iron Georgian fire basket. Very much in the Adam style, the basket has an arched back cast with swagged and beaded decoration, reminiscent of the fan lights the Adam brothers popularised in the 18th century. The fireback is mounted behind the generous four-bar grate, which in turn is mounted with urns. The front of the basket is cast with ornate floral detailing, and the apron is cast with ornate foliate Vitruvian scrolls. This is supported by tapered standards with urn finials.

English, c.1800.

A near pair available with stock no. 16730. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Internal	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms

Stock: 16730

A fine and large cast iron Georgian fire basket. Very much in the Adam style, the basket has an arched back cast with swagged and beaded decoration, reminiscent of the fan lights the Adam brothers popularised in the 18th century. The fireback is mounted behind the generous four-bar grate, which in turn is mounted with urns. The front of the basket is cast with ornate floral detailing, and the apron is cast with ornate foliate Vitruvian scrolls. This is supported by tapered standards with urn finials.

English, c.1800.

A near pair with 16747. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
	37" 94 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 16727

A very large and dramatic Victorian cast iron fire grate. The arched back is cast with a fan pattern and sits behind a very generous two barred grate, perfect for large log fires. This is supported by two very substantial baluster andirons on ornate, scrolling tripod bases.

English, c.1870. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
	40 11⁄16" 103.5 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 16483

A fine Louis XV Pompadour fireplace in Belgian black marble. This pompadour fireplace is boldly carved with a serpentine shelf, over a panelled serpentine frieze flanked by scrolling endblocks over generous, canted console jambs. A dramatic fireplace with a beautiful finish.

French, late 19th century. < br>
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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	48 11⁄16" 123.8 cms	13 11⁄16" 34.8 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms

Stock: 14250

A very fine and delicately carved Louis XVI antique French chimneypiece. The slender shelf rests over a frieze carved in low relief with Vitruvian scrolls amongst foliage, and set with a tablet carved with a portrait cameo and ribboned floral garland. The frieze is supported on corbel jambs with floral garlands. The fireplace has its original ornate cast iron insert, decorated with a bead and reel border, with a torchere and quiver motif.

French, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
external	67 7⁄8" 172.4 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	18 7⁄8" 47.9 cms
internal	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms

Stock: 16612

An early Victorian gilt-brass and steel fender, mid-19th century, the standards cast with twin reclining lions on circular foliate supports.
Diamond registration mark for 1863.

Provenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65 5⁄8" 166.5 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	14 1⁄4" 36.3 cms
Internal	40 1⁄2" 102.9 cms

Stock: 16664

A large and elegant ten branch crystal chandelier. The generous baluster stem is ornamented with cross hatched glass, which issue the swan necked arms, profusely hung with beads and drops and mounted with scalloped drip pans.

English, circa 1950.

Near pair with stock number 16662.

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	diameter	drop
	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms

Stock: 14955

A pair of good quality Rococo twin-branch wall lights in gilt brass. The surface of these lights has acquired a beautiful patina across the organic form of the sconces, which organic foliate flourishes and c-scrolls, typical of the Rococo style.

French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 14549

A large, rare and imposing late George II English Rococo chimneypiece with strong Palladian influences carved in white Statuary Marble and inlaid with panels of Verde Tinos Marble. The panelled frieze, beneath a moulded serpentine shelf, is centred by a richly carved 'pelta' scroll cartouche with very finely carved trailing jasmine sprigs flanked on the endblocks by large C Scrolls. The generously scrolling, canted console jambs, with linked cartouche and acanthus detail, terminate in single hart's tongue fern fronds and are supported on simple foot blocks. Provenance: The Earls of Minto, Minto House, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
English, circa 1750-1760

Shown here with andirons SNo 10202 now sold.

Attributed to Sir Robert Taylor, but awaiting further research.

Minto House Notes:
This 18th century chimneypiece was selected by the 4th Earl of Minto to be installed in the Octagonal Drawing Room of Minto House by the decorators W. Turner Lord & Company, of 120 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London, whose estimate for the works was dated 18 September 1891. The tower of an earlier property had been incorporated by William Adam in his design for Minto House around 1740 and the House has subsequently undergone various expansions. One was carried our by Archibald Elliot at the beginning of the 19th century, it was further altered by William Playfair in 1837 and was finally enlarged by Robert Lorimer at the end of the 19th century. Minto House was owned by the Elliot family and the Earls of Minto for several centuries but from the mid 1960s it began to fall into disrepair and suffering from increasing neglect it slowly deteriorated to a state where it was finally demolished in 1992.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	83 1⁄2" 212 cms	61" 155 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms

Stock: 16261

A large and beautiful Régence style hanging lantern. The hexagonal glazed lantern is mounted with an ornate foliate corona, with traces of the original gilding. The hinged door has the charming feature of very small handle modelled as a hand.

French, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 15455

An early Regency twin pedestal sideboard attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, in flame mahogany with a bowed tablet frieze which is flanked by two dovetailed drawers and a lower cupboard to the left, and a single dovetailed drawer mounted with a wine holder and lower cupboard to the right. The central frieze is fitted with two long drawers, the upper mounted with a central bullseye very much in the Regency manner. All drawers are mounted with brass ringed lion mask pulls. The drawers and cupboard fronts are solid mahogany, the rest of the carcass being constructed from oak. This sideboard is very much in the manner of John Soane. English or Scottish, c.1800.

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	width	height	depth
	72 3⁄8" 184 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 16918

A pair of Carron & Co five tile Victorian fireplace panels. Each transfer printed and hand coloured with a jardiniere containing naturalistic drawn ferns and flowering plants, all on a duck egg blue ground. Each tile is printed vero with Carron and Company and the registration number for 1888.

English, circa 1888.

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	Width	Height
	6" 15.3 cms	6" 15.3 cms

Stock: 16916

A set of ten Victorian transfer printed Minton fireplace tiles with stylised floral roundels and Aesthetic Movement borders with the diamond registration mark for 1880 verso.

English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height
	6" 15.2 cms	6" 15.2 cms

Stock: 16684

A charming Baroque Dutch style chandelier, with a lobed baluster central stem and four elegant arms with ornately cast drip pans.
With original ceiling hook.

English, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 16732

A small Queen Anne period fire basket of excellent quality. This charming basket has a Dutch Baroque fireback with ornate scrollwork borders, centred by a heron. This is mounted on a three bar steel grate and supported by brass cabriole andirons and a brass apron. A wonderful survival!

English, c.1705. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Back width	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 16674

A fine and large Belgian arched fireplace in a pure white statuary marble. The breakfront shelf rests on a deep and generously carved frieze, with a Greek key like low relief band of carving centred by a large and rather Baroque tablet with floral and foliate garlands framing an androgynous mask mounted on a cartouche. This cartouche is echoed on the endblocks, which sit above the boldly carved and substantial acanthus corbel, console jambs which are also embellished with rose garlands carved exquisitely in high relief. These frame the arched opening which is detailed with laurel spandrels and a plain keystone.

Belgian, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	76 1⁄4" 193.7 cms	47 1⁄8" 119.7 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms
Internal	37" 94 cms	31 1⁄4" 79.5 cms

Stock: 16139

An Irish mahogany gate leg, drop leaf dining table. The shaped and scalloped oval top with moulded edges and two drop leaves. The centre section having two inlaid marquetry hexagons, with two end drawers to the frieze. All supported on twin turned and fluted columns over scrolled paw feet with brass casters, separated by a similarly turned and fluted stretcher rail.

Irish, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Open	67 1⁄4" 171 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	47" 119.5 cms
Closed	47" 119.5 cms	16" 40.7 cms

Stock: 16573

A very large and grand rouge royale marble Victorian fireplace. The warm, rusty red marble with bold white and grey veining is shown to its full potential with this design. The wide moulded shelf rests on boldly carved corbels mounted on wide and deep jambs. These frame the arched opening which is bordered by simply panelled spandrels.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	86 13⁄16" 220.5 cms	50" 127 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Internal	37 7⁄8" 96.3 cms	37 7⁄8" 96.3 cms
Outer jamb width	79 1⁄2" 202 cms