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Stock: 16337

An exceptional Gothic Revival stone chimneypiece from Woodchester Mansion. Carved from soft buff coloured Bath stone, this chimneypiece is a celebration of nature, with a floral undershelf beautifully carved in high relief. This rests on a frieze carved with five foliate panels. One panel is carved with a vine, the other a flowering lily, the central panel depicts two birds devouring grapes from a vine, the next, a British oak laden with acorns, and the final panel, a fruiting ivy.
This beautiful carving is surpassed only on the spandrels, where on one side it is carved with a grapevine, and on the other a serpent is shown within a fruiting tree, evoking the story of Eve. The jambs are deftly carved with floral paterae and grapevines over moulded footblocks.

This piece is an extraordinary survival from the unfinished Woodchester Mansion in Gloucestershire. By repute it was designed and made for the mansion but was never installed as the building project was left unfinished. AWN Pugin drew up early plans for this house, but the project was later taken on by Benjamin Bucknall. It is uncertain whether this chimneypiece was designed by Pugin, or was in fact designed by Bucknall, but it does share many stylistic similarities to the stonework throughout the rest of the house. Sadly after the patron of the project died, his Gothic vision was never realised in full.

English, c.1860

Provenance: Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 3⁄8" 140.7 cms	58 11⁄16" 149 cms	8" 20.3 cms
Internal	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	40 5⁄8" 103 cms

Stock: 16362

Large and finely carved Florentine giltwood wall mirror, with a scrolling acanthus leaf frame. A very diverse mirror that can be hung either landscape or portrait.
Italian, Florence, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	45 7⁄8" 116.5 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 16316

An enormous late nineteenth-century giltwood French firescreen of exceptional quality, very much in the Louis XV taste. The frame profusely decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves, surmounted by a female mask, echoed on the shoulders with two opposing female terms, which frame the damask silk interior. The frame is mounted on 4 cabriole legs.

French, late 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	50" 127 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 16322

A fine Jacobean Revival chimneypiece with exceptional stone ingrounds. The oak chimneypiece is beautifully carved, the high shelf with four nude terms dressed with elaborate headpieces carved in high relief, whilst the frieze is carved with Jacobean fretwork in crisp low relief. The tapered jambs support two portrait endblocks and terminate in high footblocks, which rest over the stone. This encloses the spectacular ingrounds, which have a beautiful frieze carved with foliate scrolls and two opposing birds.

English, 19th century.

Provenance: A country house in Cheshire.

View our collection of: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

	width	height	depth
External	82 1⁄2" 209.6 cms	60" 152.4 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	47" 119.4 cms

Stock: 16287

An unusual Victorian fireplace very much in the French taste, but manufactured in England. The moulded serpentine shelf sits above a panelled frieze inset with verde antico marble and centred by a foliate cartouche. This is flanked by foliate endblocks, over verde antico angled and panelled jambs.

English, c.1890.

Provenance: Hallrule Mansion House.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	width	height	depth
External	56 7⁄8" 144.5 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms
Internal	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms
Outer footblock	51 1⁄2" 130.7 cms

Stock: 16310

A large Victorian cast iron fire basket with brass detailing. The back of broken pediment form, is cast with laurel sprigs and a central rosette. The four barred grate is surmounted by brass baluster finials and supported by large lion paw andirons.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back Width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 16344

A fine and rare pair of 18th century George III wall mirrors with original mercury plates. Each plate is bordered by a giltwood frame of foliate design woven with c and s scrolls, very much in the Chippendale manner.

It is very rare to come across such a fine pair of mirrors of this date.
English, c.1760.

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	Width	Height
	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms

Stock: 16294

A fine mid-eighteenth century Venetian giltwood wall mirror. The elegant mirror is profusely decorated with foliate c scrolls in the Rococo manner, with floral flourishes and an elegant finial above an additional mirror plate. With original mercury plates.

Northern Italian, c.1760.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	55 1⁄8" 140 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 cms

Stock: 16225

A large 19th century French overmantel mirror in the Rococo style. The generous frame has an unusual pie crust edge and is surmounted by a foliate crest in the Rococo manner.

French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	70 1⁄2" 179 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 16319

A fine George III giltwood wall mirror very much in the Chippendale manner, the fine frame a profusion of c scrolls and stylised foliate decoration naturalistically entwined. Original mercury plate.
Irish, c.1760.

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	Width	Height
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	39" 99 cms

Stock: 15233

A very fine Louis XVI marble chimneypiece, possibly made for the English market in beautifully matched dove grey bardiglio fiorito. The marble has exceptional veining which is book matched on the jambs. The moulded shelf sits above a frieze carved with crisp volutes which are echoed in the jambs.

French, late 19th century.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 3⁄16" 142.7 cms	48" 121.8 cms	13 7⁄8" 35.2 cms
Internal	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	39 3⁄16" 99.5 cms

Stock: 16251

A very fine three door Victorian, ebonized, ormolu and inlaid Credenza. The three doors, two of which are glazed are separated by turned, carved, gilded and ebonised columns, supporting a delicately inlaid frieze with ormolu detail. The central door is finely and profusely inlaid in the italianate manner with Amboyna and Box on a Harewood ground surrounded by Acanthus ormolu panel mouldings and Amboyna fielding, which is echoed on the glazed doors. The lower frieze with further inlay is supported on short turned and ebonised legs. The polished Mahogany interior is fitted with shelves finished with Harewood and Box edging.

English, circa 1870. 

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	Width	Height	Depth
	73 1⁄4" 186.2 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms

Stock: 16304

A Louis XVI fireplace in a boldly veined breche violette marble. The simply moulded shelf rests above a panelled frieze and square endblocks, over simple volute jambs. A celebration of this beautiful marble.

French, late 19th century.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Internal	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms

Stock: 16129

A fine and large landscape overmantel mirror with both gold and silver gilding, the scrolling foliate frame very much in the Chippendale manner, with slender C scrolls and pagoda elements, embellished with naturalistic acanthus leaves and trailing flowers, surmounted by a foliate crest. Three original silvered mirror plates.
English, mid-19th century.

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	Width at the bottom	Height
	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms

Stock: 15738

A Victorian Sundial with a gardrooned fireclay pedestal, possibly Garnick. An associated bronze sundial that is a perfect fit.
English or Scottish, c. 1880.

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		Height
		47 3⁄16" 120 cms

Stock: 15851

A fine gilt brass firescreen in the Louis XV taste, with a scrolling foliate frame, and trailing foliage mounted on fine mesh. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 16146

An unusual pedestal, converted from a printing roller, with a heart and diamond decoration on the copper roll, which is mounted by a turned oak top and base.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16132

A pair of Renaissance Revival andirons of a monumental size. The andirons are made from beautifully worked wrought iron and steel, with foliate finials and twisted rings. They have acquired a beautiful patina over time, but could be refinished if desired.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 16230

A fine antique cut glass and gilt brass chandelier of exceptional quality of a tent and waterfall design, profusely hung with beads and prism drops, issuing eight scrolling foliate gilt brass arms.
English, mid-19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	46 1⁄8" 117 cms

Stock: 16145

A superb octagonal centre table in the manner of Thomas King. The fine octagonal top in book matched pollard oak veneer, inlaid with a satinwood border, on a pit sawn oak top. This rests on four spiral twist legs joined by scrolling stretchers and is raised on bun feet with concealed castors.
English, c.1840.

In 1835, the cabinet maker Thomas King published 'Specimens of Furniture in the Elizabethan & Louis Quatorze Styles', and this table is reminiscent of the designs printed in this publication. Thomas King was a much admired cabinet maker and published over a dozen pattern books during his career.

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	Diameter	Height
	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 16222

A fine Rosewood William IV ottoman box stool, upholstered in leather with a lightly padded top. English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 16269

A fine alabaster figure of Ariadne and the Panther, after the marble sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker, which was one of the most renowned works of sculpture of the nineteenth-century, drawing huge crowds to view it in Frankfurt, in the "Ariadneum" built solely for its display.
It depicts the Cretan princess Ariadne, wife of the god of wine Dionysus (identified by her crown of vine leaves), seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 15777

Pair of large hand painted chinoiserie design black lacquer baluster table lamps with gilt decoration.

Chinese, c.1920.

Shades not included.

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	Diameter	Height
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 16201

A fine set of 19th century steel fire tools, topped with brass finials in the Rococo taste.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16195

An antique steel fire tool stand with a knopped finial and a slender stem. Perfect to accompany a set of our antique steel fire tools.
English, c.1890.

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Stock: 16057

A stylish and strikingly modern antique marble bolection fireplace in beautifully veined portoro marble with its original matching fender and cast iron work, not yet photographed.
English, circa 1920.

View our collection of: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	width	height	depth
External	64" 162.6 cms	44" 111.7 cms	4" 10.2 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	36" 91.4 cms

Stock: 16179

A very fine Regency card table in Rosewood with intricate brass inlay. The swivel and foldover top has its original green baize playing surface and provides a useful storage area. The tapered pedestal is also beautifully inlaid and is mounted on a quatreform base with outwept legs terminating in brass paw feet.
English, c.1825.

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	Width
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 16229

A fine pair of early Regency ebonised and parcel gilt side chairs, the square backs inset with painted panels reminiscent of the domestic Roman frescoes of Pompeii, over caned seats.
English, c.1815.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16243

A large Continental carved gilt wood panel the central carved aromorial cartouche surrounded by carved acanthus leaves and vines, on a blue painted background.
French, mid-18th century.

This panel would look stunning over a fireplace, or even mounted on the ceiling.

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	Width	Height
	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	67 1⁄4" 171 cms

Stock: 16260

A set of four framed hand-coloured copper engravings depicting English country houses and their estates by Johannes Kip, from his Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne. Published London by J Smith, c.1720.

Notes: Johannes Kip was a Dutch born engraver who settled in London c.1680, his Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne is considered one of the most important 18th century English topographical works as it meticulously documented buildings, gardens and other such features lost to the march of time.

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	Width	Height
	26" 66 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 16124

A fine statuary marble Regency chimneypiece in the manner of Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807). The plain shelf sits over a slender panelled frieze, which is flanked by stylised oak leaf endblocks over jambs finely carved with ribbon tied oak leaves and acorns. This chimneypiece is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Wyatt, as the carving on the jambs is remarkably similar to his chimneypiece designed for Sundridge Park.
English, c.1805.

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	width	height	depth
External	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Internal	39 1⁄2" 100.3 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.3 cms

Stock: 15619

A charming William IV cast iron fire basket in a shape reminiscent of a Savonarola chair, adorned with ringed lion masks.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16249

A fine and large French terracotta figure by Mandeville-Bernier (1905-1935). The figure is beautifully modelled in the neoclassical style, with exquisitely rendered hair and drapery.
This figure can be displayed either outside or in, and possibly could be used as a fountain.
French, c.1905.

Notes: Stamped with the manufacturer’s mark, statue was made by Mandeville Pottery based in Castelnaudary (Aude) in the south of France, a famous company of its time. From 1880, the company evolved, using the name ‘Mandeville-Combeleran’ on it’s works. This was to be followed by ‘Mandeville-Bernier’ in 1905 until the company’s closure in 1935.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 15503

A grisaille oil on canvas study of cherries on a cut stem. This carefully rendered picture creates a trompe l'oeil effect, reminiscent of decorative plasterwork, or a carved marble tablet.

Unsigned but certainly by a very competent hand. Original silver gilt frame. Possibly French, c.1880.

	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 16259

A large wool on cotton runner, repeating multi-coloured geometric design, 521cm x 100

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	Length	Width
	205 1⁄8" 521 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms