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Stock: 15820

A fine William IV horizontal overmantle mirror with a giltwood reeded frame with acanthus capital corners and ebonised slips. With original silvered mirror plate.
English, c.1830.

	Width	Height	Depth
	52 3⁄8" 133 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 15818

A rare antique terracotta sundial attributed to the Compton Pottery of Guildford. The sundial comprises a putto holding the dial and this is mounted on a Tuscan column.
A Sundial of this type would have been used by garden designers such as Gertrude Jeckyll for her Arts and Crafts style gardens, and would look fabulous in a number of settings.

English, c. 1910.

Photo before restoration.

Notes: The Compton Pottery was a well-regarded pottery specialising in garden pots and ornamentation. They received commissions from well known figures, including Lutyens, and their work was stocked at Liberty and Co. It was founded by Mary Watts in 1900, and they operated until 1956.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	48" 122 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12853

A pair of late Victorian cast iron urns of fluted, squat campana form with egg and dart moulded borders, on square bases.

English, circa 1880.

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	Diameter	Height	Base
	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23.2 cms

Stock: 15849

A pair of exceptionally delicate and unusual Victorian sycamore chairs. The slender balloon backs are intricately carved with foliage and centred by a blooming peace lily. The caned seats are in very good condition and are set above turned legs that gently taper and turn out.
These chairs would be best suited - and were probably intended - for light or decorative use, perhaps as bedroom chairs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 41.8 cms	33 13⁄16" 85.8 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 15917

An elegant Regency fireplace of fine quality, carved from grey veined English white marble. The plain shelf sits above a reeded frieze, which is flanked by endblocks carved with ribboned laurel wreaths.
English, c.1815.

Provenance: Edwardes Square, London.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	57 11⁄16" 146.5 cms	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms
	39" 99 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 15881

A large and grand pair of Baronial style steel andirons, the knopped brass finials mounted on twisted stems whilst the tongs are formed of talons. A large and good quality set.
English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 11⁄16" 19.5 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	3" 7.5 cms

Stock: 13151

A pair of Victorian terracotta campana garden urns on Doulton plinths, the urns with scalloped and fluted sides and rims mounted on elegantly understated plinths.

English Circa 1870.

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	Width	Height
urns	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms
bases	15" 38 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms

Stock: 15999

A set of forty-two Victorian Gothic revival glazed encaustic hearth tiles with stylised Gothic foliate decoration, with impressed marks on the reverse for Godwin Lugwardine, Hereford.
English, circa 1870.

	width	thickness
	4 1⁄8" 10.5 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 15912

A large and very finely carved figure of Venus Sortant du Bain, or Venus emerging from her bath. This subject has been immensely popular since classical antiquity, and depicts the Goddess drying herself whilst resting her foot on a rock. This statue would look marvelous on a column or plinth.

This sculpture is after the example made by the French sculptor Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (French, 1710-1795) for Louis XV in 1755. It was later revered at the Salon of 1767 as a masterpiece. This is now at the Louvre.

French, c.1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 15945

A softly veined arabescato marble fireplace in white and grey. The design is pleasingly simple; the moulded breakfront shelf sits above a stop fluted frieze and acanthus paterae endblocks. These rest on stop fluted console jambs over plain footblocks.
French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms

Stock: 15932

A compact Louis XVI carrara marble fireplace with beautiful carved details. The moulded breakfront shelf rests on a panelled frieze which is centred by an acanthus rosette and flanked by acanthus paterae endblocks. These in turn rest on beautifully carved acanthus console jambs.
French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms
Internal	37" 94 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 15908

A beautifully carved early Victorian fireplace in pure white statuary marble. The plain shelf sits above a panelled frieze which is centred by a delicately carved tablet which is profusely carved with a basket of flowers in high relief. This is echoed in the endblocks, both are carved with a small posy of flowers. The jambs are panelled in the same manner as the frieze and they rest on plain footblocks.
English. c.1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	67 7⁄8" 172.5 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23.2 cms
Internal	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	38 13⁄16" 98.5 cms

Stock: 15889

A magnificent 19th century Oxblood or "Sang de Boeuf" jardiniere on stand, with a large planter supported by a base mounted with three griffin monopodia with paw feet. Attributed to Pierre Clément Massier. French, c.1880. Notes: Clément Massier was born into a family of ceramicists and took an interest in the business from an early age. His factory-gallery complex in Golfe Juan became a destination for the elite who summered in Monaco, Nice, and Cannes. He was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 and subsequently became an of official supplier to the British crown. Sang de boeuf glaze first appeared in Chinese porcelain at the beginning of the 18th century. In Europe, many companies tried to replicate the glaze, and it particularly took off in France.

		Height
		37" 94 cms

Stock: 12435

An antique marble Louis XVI chimneypiece in softly veined Carrara marble. The moulded shelf sits above a panelled acanthus frieze which rests on fluted, angled jambs.
French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	15" 38 cms
Internal	38" 96.5 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 15846

A near pair of fine and large Chinese blue and white vase lamps. These beautiful vases were sensitively converted c.1950 and are mounted on giltwood bases. The designs are almost identical, with the same motifs, with a sinuous depiction of the Dragon King, the Chinese God of Weather and Water amongst soft clouds.
Chinese, c.1900 with later conversion.

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	Width	Height	Depth
without shades	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms
with shades	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 15918

An antique Regency fireplace with plain central tablet and a reeded frieze in elegantly veined carrara marble.
English. c,1810.

Provenance: Edwardes Square, London.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	59 3⁄16" 150.3 cms	40 11⁄16" 103.5 cms	6 3⁄8" 16.2 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85.2 cms

Stock: 15857

A Victorian corbel fireplace in rich rouge royale marble. The plain and deep shelf is supported by boldly carved acanthus corbels on plain jambs.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	74 3⁄16" 188.5 cms	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	38" 96.5 cms

Stock: 15915

An antique bullseye fireplace in statuary marble. The simplicity of the design epitomises the restraint of the Regency style, with reeded jambs and bullseye endblocks over plain footblocks.

Provenance: Edwardes Square, London

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	52 5⁄8" 133.5 cms	41 1⁄2" 105.3 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms
Internal	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	34 3⁄8" 87.5 cms

Stock: 15764

A rare Scottish 19th century alabaster bust of Sir Walter Scott, after the original by Sir Francis Chantrey. The bust depicts Scott with an intelligent gaze, a lowland plaid over his shoulders.
Scottish, c.1840.

Photograph before restoration.

Notes: Chantrey's original bust was made in 1820 and given to Scott in 1828 'as a token of esteem'. Scott wrote to his wife on 20 March 1820, 'Chantrey's bust is one of the finest things he ever did. It is quite the fashion to go to see it - there's for you' (J. G. Lockhart, Life of Sir Walter Scott, III, p 377) Sir Francis Chantrey's 1820 bust of Sir Walter Scott portrays the author with his head turned slightly to the right and a Lowland plaid arranged round his shoulders as in this rare copy. James Hogg wrote that 'Sir Walter Scott in his study, and in his seat in the Parliament-house, had rather a dull, heavy appearance, but in company his countenance was always lighted up, and Chantrey has given the likeness of him there precisely' (Domestic Manners of Sir Walter Scott, p. 113.).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 15812

19th century oak metamorphic library steps and chair in the manner of Heals. The chair opens up to form a pair of steps, which would be very useful as not only library steps, but for day to day household tasks!
English. c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Chair	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms
Steps	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms

Stock: 15806

A pair of Victorian hall chairs in the continental manner, carved from solid walnut. The chairs have low backs, each of which are set with 3 glazed tiles. The plank seats have removeable cushions and are supported on turned x supports and lion paw feet.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 7⁄8" 60.8 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 15838

A late Victorian fireplace in dramatically veined Kilkenny marble, which is also scattered with numerous fossils, whilst the construction of the fireplace striking in its simplicity.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	43 7⁄8" 111.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms
Internal	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 15825

A rare 19th century Coalbrookdale umbrella or stick stand in the form of a chihuahua - or perhaps small terrier - standing on its hind legs with a whip in its mouth. The drip pan to catch the rain from a folded umbrella is modelled as a lily pad. The most lovely feature is the original patinated bronze finish, a rare survival. The stand is impressed with a diamond registration mark and stamped 85297.

English, c.1870

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 5⁄8" 62.5 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	14" 35.5 cms

Stock: 15463

A lightly veined statuary marble Louis XVI Chimneypiece, breakfront shelf and frieze which is carved with Vitruvian scrolls, flanked by square floral Paterae on the endblocks, and supported on acanthus leaf decorated scrolled console jambs.
French mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	53" 134.5 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 15832

An exceptionally ornate yet delicate French gilt gesso overmantel mirror. The arched frame is decorated with floral garlands bound with ribbons and is surmounted by a bow tied floral wreath. This is flanked by two finials depicting birds. The original silvered mirror plate. French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height
	48" 122 cms	80 1⁄4" 204 cms

Stock: 15556

An ornate mid-19th century Sorrento Ware olive wood dressing table of small proportions. It features a lift up lid with marquetry inlaid scene depicting lovers dancing to the music of a mandolin, bordered by micromosaic, beneath which is an oval silvered mirror. Additionally, there are 2 locking drawers. The table is supported on slender tapered legs and a beautifully turned stretcher.
Italian, c.1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 1⁄2" 67.3 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 15819

A late 19th century ebonised and parcel-gilt overmantel mirror. This Victorian mirror adopts French Louis XVI decorative motifs, such as the crossed quiver and torchere, but pairs this with a backdrop of gesso roses, very much in the English taste.
English, c.1880

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	63" 160 cms	3 1⁄2" 9 cms

Stock: 8283

A simple and elegant Louis XVI fireplace in softly mottled green campan marble. The plain shelf with curved corners sits above a fluted frieze which is flanked by simple endblocks. This rests above fluted canted jambs on plain footblocks.
French, mid 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms
Internal	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	32 13⁄16" 83.2 cms

Stock: 15501

A simple Victorian arched cast iron register grate with a sunburst back and stamped with the maker's mark of "Wright's Patent Bivalvs".
English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37 7⁄8" 96.2 cms	37 7⁄8" 96.2 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15803

A 19th century Rococo gilt gesso overmantel mirror, surmounted by shell set within foliate c scrolls and trailing flowers. The original bevelled mirror plate sits within a moulded frame.
French, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	60" 152.5 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 15784

A small 19th century cast iron fire basket, with an arched pediment back decorated with a central floral rosette.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
Back width	13" 33 cms

Stock: 15817

A large William IV Victorian glazed bookcase in walnut, comprising four sections, the upper tier with an overhanging cornice and four large glazed doors is fitted with shelves. The base is is also glazed, fitted with shelves and stands on a plinth.
English, c.1830.

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	width	height	depth
	120 1⁄8" 305 cms	78" 198 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 15779

A fine 19th century bust of Bacchus, or Dionysus. This bronze library bust is modelled on the Landsdowne Antinous - who has assumed the guise of Dionysus - and is mounted on a gilt socle and a bronze banded base cast in low relief with a classical procession.
Italian, c.1890.

Notes: Antinous, the lover and companion of Emperor Hadrian, had one of the most recognisable faces in the Roman Empire. After his sudden death 130 AD, the grief stricken Emperor declared the youth had been reborn as a God. Representations of Antinous assuming the form of a God flooded the visual culture of the Roman Empire, and the Lansdowne Antinous was a larger than life bust which became renowned for its idealised beauty and quality. Antinous' image was commonly asssimilated with the well-known Gods such as Apollo, Mercury and indeed Bacchus. This bust was excavated at Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, and was likely part of a shrine dedicated to the youth.

		Height
		13" 33 cms

Stock: 15797

An elegant French 19th century giltwood overmantel mirror in the Louis Philippe style, surmounted by a cartouche of rocaille design mounted above rounded corners. The frame has been beautifully gilded and is embellished by a floral ribbon design which wraps around the rounded frame of the mirror. Original mercury mirror plate.
French, c.1860.

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	Width	Height
	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	64 5⁄8" 164 cms

Stock: 15796

A large 19th century Baroque style gilt and gesso wall mirror, with a cushion margin comprising of four beveled plates of glass framing the large beveled central plate. The gilt gesso frame is surmounted by a cartouche set within a naturalistic broken pediment, from which emanate foliate scrolls. This detail is echoed in the foliate corners.
English, c.1860.

The frame is gilded and has its original worn finish, with the red ground showing under the gold leaf.

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	Width	Height
	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	53 7⁄8" 137 cms