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Stock: 16081

A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze garniture urns cast as models of the Warwick vases. The pedestal bodies with lion pelt and mask-head decoration in high relief and elaborately entwined handles, each raised on a waisted circular fluted socle base, supported on stepped Belgian black marble square plinths, raised on paw feet.

English, c.1880.

Notes: The Warwick Vase was excavated from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli in 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, and dates to the second century AD. Hamilton sold the vase to his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Warwick, who built a specially commissioned conservatory in the grounds of Warwick Castle to house it.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 16134

A 19th century gilt gesso sectional wall mirror with a bird, cornucopia and quiver surmount above a beaded and foliate scroll frame, with marginal plates.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37" 94 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 15890

A fine Regency convex mirror with parcel-gilt frame surmounted by a giltwood foliate crest.
English or Scottish, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18" 45.8 cms	33" 83.8 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 15967

An early nineteenth-century gilt gesso wall mirror surmounted by a lidded urn and oak leaf decoration over a simply moulded frame.
English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms

Stock: 15877

A rare set of plaster intaglios by Nathaniel Marchant. Originally, this set of casts of Nathaniel's gems was sold by subscription with the accompanying catalogue, published in 1792. It is rare to have a collection of any great quantity, this set is complete, bar four intaglios which are not present. They are mounted within their original ebony strung, mahogany case, which is glazed and fashioned as a book, complete with remnants of marbling. When the spine is removed, the interior is revealed.
Complete sets are exceptionally rare, and one set is held at the John Soane Museum, purchased by Soane in 1793.

English, c.1792.

Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816) was arguably the most famous gem engraver of the 18th century, prolific in both Italy and England. He was gem sculptor to the Prince of Wales and engraver to The King.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Closed	10" 25.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.6 cms
Opened	19 3⁄8" 49.4 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16063

A very pair of large gilt bronze vase table lamps, taking the form of the Townley Vase. The vases are modelled on a krater, a Greek vessel used for mixing water and wine. Each vase has elegantly scrolling bifurcated gilt handles, and the body of the vases are cast in high relief and depict a bacchanalian procession, featuring Bacchus on Ariadne. The vases are mounted on Belgian black marble pedestal bases, on which are mounted masks of a woman. English, c.1900.

Notes: The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase after a Greek original. The vase, dating from the 2nd century, was discovered in 1773 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish Antiquarian. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased the vase after its discovery. After his death, the vase was brought to its final home, the British Museum.

Shades not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 16069

A terracotta group 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, seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine, and here, his wreath of vine leaves emphasizes his connection with the deity.
L Hjorth Factory, Danish, c.1880.

Provenance: Coleridge Collection. Anthony Coleridge was well-known in auction circles, a Director of Christie's as well as Chairman and later President of Christie’s South Kensington. He was a keen collector, not just of furniture, but in particular of works of art and ceramics, and he looked after his collection meticulously and recorded it in considerable detail.

Notes: Johann Heinrich Dannecker(1758-1841), a German sculptor who found that the works of classical antiquity made a deep impression on him, as well as the work of Antonio Canova.

The Hjorth Factory was located in Roenne on Bornholm, and island off Denmark, and was founded in 1859.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	3 3⁄8" 8.6 cms

Stock: 16102

A set of six ornithological copper engravings, depicting five birds drawn and painted by Peter Brown, recorded from specimens collected during Captain Cook's voyages with Joseph Banks. In his publication, Peter Brown asserted that these birds hadn't been recorded before, so these were the first commercially available depictions and descriptions of these birds.
Peter Brown was a leading zoological artist of his day but the ornithologist George Edwards was also a prominent figure in eighteenth-centruy Britain, and this set includes one engraving by him, of a Great Bustard. The set is a beautiful and fascinating record of the great discoveries of their age.

Peter Brown, published by B White, 1775, George Edwards, published c. 1751. Copper-engravings, original hand colour.

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	Width	Height
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	10" 25.5 cms

Stock: 16080

A Florentine gilt wall mirror of foliate design with a bevelled glass plate.
Italian, c.1950.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	28" 71 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 15886

A pair of early 20th century Dutch style brass five branch chandeliers, featuring knopped bulbous stem with ring terminals and scrolling branches.
English, c.1900.

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	Diamter	Drop
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 16008

An Aesthetic Movement ebonised and parcel gilt centre or library table by Maple and Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. The gilt and painted panelled frieze with a single lockable draw is decorated with stylised foliage and sunflowers with carver foliate details to the corners. All supported on turned legs and a lower shelf with galleried ends, above a double stretcher with turned spindles. The top edge of the draw is stamped MAPLE & CO.

English, circa 1880.

Established in 1841, Maple and Co were leading makers and retailers of fine furniture, operating from their warehouse and showroom on Tottenham Court Road. They enjoying international acclaim, and had an outfit in Paris in order to satiate the continents appetite for their wares.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 15535

A set of three small silver plated five arm chandeliers in the Dutch Baroque style.
English, c.1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 16005

A wonderfully ornate mirror, lavishly gilded with gleaming gold leaf. The egg and dart frame is adorned with an intricate cartouche, centred by a scallop shell motif, surrounded by opposing Roman style dolphins, bullrushes and roses.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	61 13⁄16" 157 cms

Stock: 16061

A romantic Rococo Revival firescreen in gilt brass. The central cartouche depicts two doves beak to beak in a bower of scrolling foliage, a popular symbol of love and romance in French art. The rest of the frame forms a scrolling foliate decoration and is supported by four splayed feet.
French, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 3⁄8" 69.5 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 16060

A rare and large firescreen of exceptional quality, crisply cast with floral and foliate swags over an unusual round frame which rests of four lion paw feet.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms	33" 83.8 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms

Stock: 16036

A striking 1920s glass lustre chandelier with moulded glass canopy over strings of faceted glass lozenges descending to a bowl constructed of prism rods, hung with further faceted drops and orb. An usual and very striking chandelier of excellent quality, on a silvered frame.

English, c.1920.

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	Diameter	Drop
	15" 38 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 15876

A fine Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece carved from the beautifully veined breccia seravezza marble, which incorporates soft grey and khaki tones on a a creamy ground. The fireplaces' serpentine shelf sits above a low and wide frieze, which is panelled and centred by a finely carved rocaille motif over boldly carved jambs.
The chimneypiece comes with its original cast iron insert, which is beautifully cast and decorated with putti and other Rococo motifs.
French, late 19th century.
Cast Iron Insert opening:
Width: 25"
Height: 23 1/2"

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	width	height	depth
External	62 1⁄4" 158.2 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms
Internal	45 5⁄8" 115.8 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 15869

A very finely mottled Carrara marble Louis XV chimneypiece of particularly elegant design, with a moulded serpentine shelf, and a foliate central cartouche modelled as a shell. This motif is echoes by the endblocks, which sit of panelled and angled, console jambs.

French, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	56 7⁄8" 144.5 cms	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Internal	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms	35 1⁄8" 89.2 cms

Stock: 15907

A large and grand Rococo white statuary marble fireplace, profusely carved in high relief to create a true statement piece. The moulded serpentine shelf sits an ornate frieze, carved with stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, centred by a beautifully carved scallop shell cartouche. This motif is echoed in the C scroll cartouche which sits above bold console jambs, also carved with flowers and curling acanthus leaves.

Scottish, mid-19th century.

Provenance: From a private Belgian collection.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 7⁄8" 169.8 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	14" 35.6 cms
Internal	41 13⁄16" 106.1 cms	34 1⁄2" 87.7 cms

Stock: 16002

A pair of fine Arita ware jars and covers, finely hand-painted with organic floral decoration.
Japanese, c.1880.

Notes: It is said that a Korean ceramist travelled to Japan and discovered a seam of porcelain stone in the province of Arita the early 17th century. Following this discovery, the manufacture of ceramics proliferated in Arita, and much was exported by the Dutch East India company to Europe, where was revered for its quality.

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	Diameter	Height
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	12 13⁄16" 32.5 cms

Stock: 15883

An antique polished hard fossil limestone fireplace, with a plain frieze and jambs supported on simple moulded footblocks
English, circa 1890.

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	width	height	depth
External	64 3⁄8" 163.5 cms	48 1⁄4" 122.8 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 16013

A fine pair of 19th century and later ormolu wall sconces, each modelled as an Atlas figure stood upon a curved bracket with acanthus support, supporting a plain globe mounted with three scrolling branches with beaded sockets above foliate drip pans.

French, c.1890 with later modification to light fittings.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 15875

An elegant Louis XV fireplace in red hued Languedoc marble. This particularly pretty example features a moulded serpentine shelf above a slender serpentine frieze, which is carved with a central shell cartouche and trailing flowers. This is framed by boldly carved c-scroll endblocks over floral console jambs.
French, mid-19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	64 5⁄8" 164 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	13 7⁄8" 35.4 cms
Internal	45 5⁄8" 115.8 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 15960

A pair of Aesthetic Movement andirons attributed to Thomas Jekyll and possibly made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards. Although unmarked, they possess the qualities of Jekyll's designs, with his signature use of Japanese mons within the decoration on the shafts. The rosettes symbolise night and day and with beautiful repoussé work a Kingfisher on a branch represents Day, or dawn, with the sun rising behind him, whilst the owl represents Night and is surrounded by stars.
English, c.1875.

Notes: Barnard, Bishop and Barnards were at the heart of Norwich's iron industry, and the company gained an international reputation after their collaboration with Thomas Jekyll.
Jeckyll’s associations with a group of London artists – notably James Abbott McNeill Whistler – made him a key figure in the Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement. Jeckyll used japonaise designs for Barnards’ fireplaces while his sunflower motif came to symbolise the Aesthetic Movement.

	Width	Height	Depth
	7" 17.7 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 16025

A pair of good quality patinated bronze two tier nine branch chandeliers in the Dutch style.
English, c.1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 15982

A late 19th century Japanese Meiji period 1868-1912, cabinet or Shodana, profusely decorated with parquetry and marquetry in a variety of woods on a Japanese elm carcass. This cabinet is fitted with various drawers, sliding doors and shelves which are mounted with silver plated handles. A very interesting and useful piece of furniture.
Japanese, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	50 11⁄16" 128.8 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15868

A petite Louis XV Rococo fireplace in finely veined Carrara marble. Perfect for a smaller room. The serpentine frieze is centred by a well-carved scallop shell cartouche which rests on slim console jambs.
French, 1890.

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	width	height	depth
External	48 5⁄8" 123.5 cms	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	15" 38 cms
Internal	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 15914

A small and pretty antique Regency fireplace in finely veined Carrara marble. The carved central urn tablet is flanked by a simple moulded frieze and plain endblocks, all supported on matching moulded jambs.
English, circa 1810.

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	width	height	depth
External	58 7⁄8" 149.7 cms	46 11⁄16" 118.5 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms
Internal	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms

Stock: 15880

A small antique neo-classical statuary marble chimneypiece with green Campan marble inlay. The finely carved central tablet depicting Diana the huntress reclining attended by a pair of hunting dogs. This is flanked by a fluted frieze inlayed with green Campan marble and a pair of deeply carved foliate circular paterae corner blocks, all supported on inlayed fluted jambs on simple moulded footbloocks.
English, Circa 1800.

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	width	height	depth
External	60 11⁄16" 154.2 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	8 11⁄16" 22.2 cms
Internal	39 1⁄2" 100.4 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 15929

A late 18th century Louis XV fireplace carved from Languedoc marble, with white veining. The serpentine shelf sits above a carved panelled frieze, centred by a Rococo cartouche, this is flanked by panelled scrolling Rococo jambs.
French, circa 1790.

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	width	height	depth
External	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Internal	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 15885

A large mid Victorian white statuary marble arched fireplace. The panelled spandrels to the arch are flanked by a pair of fluted corbels terminating in richly carved Acanthus leaf decoration, set beneath the rectangular shelf. All supported on generous moulded footblocks.
English, circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
External	76 1⁄4" 193.8 cms	48 11⁄16" 123.8 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
internal	40 5⁄8" 103 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 16032

A large Art Nouveau copper and brass five light electrolier in the manner of W.A.S Benson. The central brass column, flanked by five radiating hammered, planished copper foliate arms, with light fittings suspended from the ends. It is fitted with an original set of Vaseline/Uranium glass shades, all below a circular cast brass ceiling rose.

English, Circa 1900.

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	Diameter	Drop
	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 15884

A decorative late 19th century cast iron register grate with original hand coloured and transfer printed floral tiles of pink zonal Geraniums (Pelargoniums). It embodies the high Victorian Style, and would look lovely installed within a Victorian chimneypiece of a similar date.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.4 cms	38" 96.6 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 16022

A Tudor revival fireplace in warm honey coloured Bath stone. The gently pointed Tudor arch with foliate spandrels is flanked by a pair of deeply carved Tudor roses, beneath a deeply moulded shelf. All supported on plain stop chamfered jambs which are finished off with small scrolls to their bases.
English, circa 1920.

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	width	height	depth
External	63 7⁄8" 162.2 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	6" 15.2 cms
internal	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms

Stock: 14874

A large carved oak Jacobean fireplace surround and overmantel. The high breakfront shelf rests above bead and reel and bracket supports. The carved overmantel is embellished with a pair of scrolled foliate panels beneath which are decoratively arched panels alternating with slender pairs of elaborately carved columns. The fireplace surround, with a double panel frieze with linked anthemion detail interspersed with diamond lozenges, is supported on a pair of tall carved columns with further lozenge detail on the footblocks.
English, c.1650.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms	96 11⁄16" 245.5 cms	9 5⁄8" 24.5 cms
Internal	37 5⁄8" 95.5 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms