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Stock: 13239

A large, decorative Edwardian pressed brass and glass bag shaped chandelier with a spray surmount over two tiers of ornately ringed brass bands surmounted by glass rosettes and hung with swags of glass beads and dozens of large glass drops enclosing five over four light bulbs. English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 7892

A small and elegant mid 19th century Louis XVI style antique fireplace mantel simply carved in subtly veined creamy Cippolino Africano Marble. The moulded shelf rests above a bolection style fireplace supported on neat footblocks.
French, circa 1860.

Shown here with chenets SNo 12469 not included in the price.

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	width	height	depth
external	53 1⁄4" 135.3 cms	45 1⁄2" 115.6 cms	15 1⁄2" 39.4 cms
internal	36 1⁄4" 92.1 cms	37 3⁄16" 94.6 cms

Stock: 14833

A typical early Victorian White Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround with a panelled frieze and large corbels above panelled jambs.
English, circa 1850.

Shown here with insert SNo 14344 not included.

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	width	height	depth
external	65 1⁄4" 165.8 cms	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	11" 28 cms
internal	36" 91.5 cms	38 13⁄16" 98.5 cms

Stock: 14719

A Victorian, Empire style gilt brass chandelier with cut glass drops and lustres, the corona decorated with caducei and with scrolled branches in the shape of swans issuing from the palmette mounted bowl. English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	19 7⁄8" 50.5 cms	25 5⁄8" 65 cms

Stock: 8612

A small and pretty Louis XVI Cheminee 'Bijou' antique fireplace mantel in richly variegated Campan marble with a central ormolu mounted plaque centred on the frieze flanked by floral ormolu paterae on the endblocks above delicate ribboned ormolu garlands on the jambs.
French, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
external	50" 127 cms	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
internal	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 14588

A large, sturdy and heavy copper and brass antique Victorian log bin with bold lion mask ringed handles and riveted bands.
English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 14727

A fine Gothic Revival Caen stone chimneypiece, attributed to John Middleton (1820–1885). This grand chimneypiece has double columned jambs in a garnet coloured Serpentine marble which support a Languedoc marble shelf. The fireplace bears attributes of Norman ecclesiastical architecture, with zigzag mouldings framing both the frieze and the arched opening due not only to Middleton’s passion for church architecture but also reflecting the great religious revival of the nineteenth century; the Oxford movement perhaps being the most famous.

It is likely to have come from a grand Gothic Revival House in Cheltenham or its environs. It would have no doubt come from a room of grand proportions and it certainly would have made a magnificent centrepiece.

English, circa 1870.

Notes: Orphaned from a young age, Middleton was left only a modest allowance which he used to train as an architect in the North of England. He did however manage to travel to Europe, which influenced his style a great deal. Middleton went on to design a number of churches, residences and even railway stations in the favoured Gothic style of the period. Some of the most beautiful residences and public buildings he designed were in Cheltenham, including the Cheltenham Ladies College. Nearly every private residence he designed had a grand chimneypiece. These Gothic creations were hewn from both stone and marble, with grand columns and bold carving, not so different in design from gothic sedilia.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	96 1⁄8" 244 cms	61 13⁄16" 157 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 14777

A very large and majestic arched Victorian antique fireplace mantel in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The wide moulded shelf rests above the broad arched fireplace opening, centred by a panelled keystone, is framed by finely carved, bound laurel torus moulding flanked by a pair of carved laurel wreaths on the panelled spandrels. The whole is supported on large shaped footblocks.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	87 5⁄8" 222.5 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms
Internal	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 14808

A Rococo style Carrara Marble lightly veined decorative fireplace surround in the Louis XV manner with a shaped and moulded shelf above a serpentine frieze centred by a large shell cartouche, framed by acanthus leaves, flanked by floral endblocks above angled panelled jambs embellished with acanthus detail above plain footblocks. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 13⁄16" 157 cms	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Internal	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms

Stock: 13778

A mid 20th century Victorian style gilt brass chandelier. The five upturned scrolled branches, with pineapple finials, issue from the central baluster stem and are surmounted by finely etched bowl shaped glass shades.
English, mid 20th century.

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	diameter	drop
without chain	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms
with chain		24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 14271

A small and attractive 20th century classically styled cut glass five branch chandelier. The central baluster stem, beneath a dish corona, emanating five swan neck arms profusely hung with a variety of chains of beads and large drops. English, mid 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 14803

A large antique moulded Bolection fireplace surround in pale green Connemara Marble, raised on solid foot blocks. Together with its integral fender. Shown here with andirons SNo 14528 not included.
English. late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65 7⁄8" 167.5 cms	48" 122 cms	3" 7.5 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	40 5⁄8" 103 cms

Stock: 9300

A well carved English Rococo style dark mahogany wood antique fireplace mantel. The serpentine shelf supported by large C scrolled brackets is set over an inset frieze panel with carved rosette hatched motif and a central floral cartouche. The scrolled angled, scrolled console jambs terminate in curled feet above large footblocks. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
External	63" 160 cms	51" 129.5 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 10110

A rare and important pierced and engraved steel George III antique fire grate. It was manufactured in bright steel with very finely engraved foliate and acanthus detailing, applied beading, a skirt of lozenge paterae and lidded urn shaped finials set above chamfered engraved legs..

This large fire basket is from a design by Robert Adam, and probably made in the late 18th century by an iron founder one Henry Jackson of Saffron Hill, Smithfield in London. A similar grate is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington and there are a further two in the 18th century Spencer House in St. James's, London.
English, circa 1790.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43" 109.2 cms	37 1⁄2" 95.3 cms	21" 53.3 cms

Stock: 8892

A chic Louis XVI fireplace mantel carved in Breche Violette Marble with applied ormolu mounts in the manner of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813) who was appointed ciseliste, doreur, bronze chaser and gilder by Aux Menus Plaisirs du Roi, Palais de Versailles in France. The shelf is set above an inset frieze applied with a scrolling foliate mount with flanking ormolu paterae on the endblocks above the jambs which are fronted by a pair of beautiful finely tapering stop fluted columns, each in the form of a stylised quiver of arrows resting on elegant footblocks. Image before the re-instatement of the ormolu on the right hand column.
French, late 19th century.

Shown here but not included are chenets SNo 14433.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	47 1⁄4" 120.2 cms	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms
Internal	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 14772

A large antique French gilt wood and gesso overmantel mirror in the Louis XV Rococo Chippendale manner with a fruit bowl crest and an inner gilt wood frame linking to the main outer elaborately carved acanthus frame.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	60 3⁄8" 153.5 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 14673

A pair of Neoclassical style 20th century triple branched branch cast brass wall lights with urn finials and swags. English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 14670

A pair of 20th century triple branch brass Neoclassical style wall lights hung with crystal drops
French, 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 14622

A set of four twin branch brass wall lights in the Rococo, Louis XV style with elaborately scrolling branches emanating from a foliate stem.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 14524

A large and heavy eight branch Victorian Baroque style brass antique chandelier held by a decorative chain linked to the brass ceiling rose. The ornate central stem, descending from a foliate urn, is surmounted by four cherubic terms. The eight acanthus wrapped arms emanate from the bulbous stem which is embellished with four lion grotesque masks. The stem terminates in a reversed foliate finial. English, late 19th century.
Provenance, The American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London.

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	Diameter	Drop
Chandelier	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms
With Chain		66 7⁄8" 170 cms

Stock: 13916

A set of four finely embossed silvered brass Regency style wall lights with pineapple finials above a the ornate bulbous stems from which emanate pairs of scrolling arms bearing the candle cups.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 14690

A set of four 20th century Regency style brass twin branched wall lights surmounted by palmette finials. Each arm emanating from stylised urn stems above delicate trailing bellflowers.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 14703

An antique Victorian cast iron and brass bow fronted antique fire basket with a shaped backplate, and a curved cut apron flanked by low standards each mounted with a small brass ball finial.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 14671

A pair of Louis XV style 20th century twin branch cast brass wall lights with acanthus leaf stem and scrolling arms. English, late 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	11" 28 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 14689

A set of five Regency style 20th century brass wall lights each with twin scrolled branches emanating from oval backplates suspended from ribboned bows.
English, circa 1930.

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	width	height	depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 13789

A large and elegant cast iron and patinated brass Victorian fire grate with a high arched sunburst fire back in the Georgian, Robert Ada style.The bow barred grate is flanked by pairs of quartered sunburst shoulders, with trailing acanthus detail, capped by a pair of patinated brass urn finials above an ornately cut serpentine apron. The whole is supported by a pair of low decorative standards raised on acanthus wrapped feet and mounted by a pair of larger urn finials English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 14635

A pleasingly simple Arts and Crafts cast iron five barred antique fire grate the shaped back with an oval boss feature the grate supported by a pair of tapering standards with flattened knopped finials.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	26 3⁄16" 66.5 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 14118

A small antique moulded cast iron fireplace panel depicting medieval children in a rural setting picking fruit from a tree.
French late, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 14570

An impressive 20th century armorial cast iron fire back with a nautical/marine theme. A pair of erect sea lions, each holding a spear, sit above the Latin motto " Fit Via Vi " that can be translated as “The way is forged by strength”. They are supporting a shield upon which can be seen a hand sinister above a pair of bishops mitres above a castle. The shield is surmounted by a coronet or crown above which is a galleon in full sail. Two further erect sea lions are top left and top right each holding an anchor. The fireback has a rope twist border broken at the top by the galleons mast.
English, circa 1920.

Notes: A heraldic sea lion is a mythical beast with the top half of an heraldic lion and the bottom half being that of a fish’s tail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 14532

A large wrought iron and bronze Arts and Crafts antique fire basket with a high shaped decorative backplate featuring a lion mask, scrolled grate bars and tall standards surmounted by bronze ball finials top and bottom raised on splayed, scrolled feet.
English, late 19th century.

Please note that the backplate is new.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
Back width	20 1⁄4" 51.5 cms

Stock: 14120

An almost square antique cast iron French fire back depicting a pair of putto at work or play in a rural setting surrounded by swags and foliate detail.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 14590

A very large and spectacular 17th century fireback depicting crowned eagles supporting an armorial shield beneath a smaller eagle alighting on the shield. The initial H surmounted by crowns features in each corner (one H is broken). The name of the Marquise de May can be seen in the top border and the fireback is most likely associated with the Coat of Arms of Henri II de Lorraine, Comte de Chaligny, Marquis de Moy (1596-1672)' of the House of Lorraine. French, dated 1624.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 14121

A large square antique cast iron fire back depicting an Elysian scene of a maiden holding a garland of flowers.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	26" 66 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 13160

A very large oval giltwood and gesso girandole wall mirror. The mirror is topped with a bird perched within foliate ornamentation, the mirror plate set within a carved, embellished frame. This is adorned with a pair of scrolling two branch candle sconces to the sides above a triple branch sconce at the bottom.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 14781

A finely embossed gilt bronze Louis XVI style eight branch antique chandelier with three herm figures emanating from an central bluster stem terminating in a pineapple finial.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
Without chain	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	22" 56 cms
With chain		28" 71 cms