A selection of original antique fire grates and fire baskets including English Georgian, Regency, Victorian, French Rococo and Arts and Crafts.

Whether you have an antique Victorian, Rococo or Georgian fireplace (or any other style), they'll be an item to suit below.

  • Stock: 16023

    A substantial Victorian cast iron fire basket with a pierced apron and urn topped andirons. Perfect for a fireplace of grand proportions.
    English, mid 19th century.

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    width height depth
    External 38 38"
    97.5 cms
    22"
    56 cms
    20 18"
    51 cms
    Back width 22 316"
    56.5 cms

    Listed Price: £6,400 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14151

    An antique cast and wrought iron fire basket, very much in the manner of Robert Adam. The one piece cast iron front, decorated with lozenges containing wheat sheaths is centred by a curved bottomed four bar grate above a fluted apron. This is flanked by oval paterae topped off by urn finials, supported on tapering square legs enriched with bell flowers on ball feet.
    English, circa 1780.

    Note, the original arched cast iron fireback has cracked in the past, this is not uncommon on fire baskets of this date. It has an early strapped and riveted repair on the back and is stable and usable for burning wood. The original back could be recast and replaced if desired.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 34 14"
    87 cms
    34 58"
    88 cms
    13 316"
    33.5 cms
    Back width 17 1116"
    45 cms

    Listed Price: £7,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15843

    A rare and majestic fire basket, depicting a phoenix rising from the flames. The phoenix fire back is mounted above a large four barred grate, which rests on brass andirons. The andirons are surmounted by eagles, and the sinuous feet form winged dragons.
    English. c.1870.

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    Width Height Depth
    45 1116"
    116 cms
    38 38"
    97.5 cms
    22 316"
    56.5 cms

    Listed Price: £12,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15682

    An unusual and compact cast iron Renaissance Revival fire basket, the arched pediment back decorated with an armorial cartouche and faceted andirons.
    English, c.1860.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 28 1116"
    73 cms
    29 12"
    75 cms
    15 1116"
    40 cms
    Back width 26 38"
    67 cms
  • Stock: 15661

    A large cast iron and polished brass fire basket in the neo-classical style, the arched pediment back decorated with laurel sprays and scrolled acanthus corners. Below this, the four barred grate is flanked by neoclassical urnular andirons and is framed by a pierced and scrolled apron.
    English, Circa 1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 33 1116"
    85.5 cms
    27 58"
    70 cms
    17 14"
    44 cms
    Back Width 18 1116"
    47.5 cms
  • Stock: 13344

    Antique cast iron fire basket, supported on brass baluster andirons on scrolled feet. The grate, has unusual bars reminiscent of the Aesthetic movement, and a tall decorative back.
    English, c.1890.

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    Width Height Depth
    Overall 34 58"
    88 cms
    29 78"
    76 cms
    18 12"
    47 cms
    Back Width 16 78"
    43 cms

    Listed Price: £2,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15669

    A charming Aesthetic Movement fire grate with a central sunflower radiating from the shaped back plate, which is echoed by the finely cast brass sunflower finials crowning the andirons. These frame the front bars, which are elegantly bowed, and just beneath them are delicate fan spandrels.
    English, c.1890.

    The sunflower was considered the emblem of the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, its proponents believing it to signify lasting happiness and adoration – key principles of aestheticism. The movement embodied the principle of Art for Art's sake, and focused on beauty and harmony in its purest visual form.

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    Width Height Depth
    24 38"
    62 cms
    27"
    68.5 cms
    13 38"
    34 cms
  • Stock: 15302

    An unusual 19th century cast iron fire basket of exceptional quality with applied armorials and a Latin motto which reads LUX TUA VIA MEA, or Thy Light is My Way. This motto is associated with the Blount family, and this fire basket was acquired from Mawley Hall in Shropshire, their family seat. Likely to have been made on the estate.
    English, c.1870.

    Provenance: Mawley Hall, Shropshire.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 37 18"
    94.2 cms
    35 1116"
    90.7 cms
    16 78"
    43 cms
    Back width 27 38"
    69.7 cms
  • Stock: 15660

    A 19th century cast iron fire basket in the Baronial style, fronted by an imposing pair of monopodia wolfound andirons with rings in their mouths. The grate is further embellished with tie baton bars and a decorative backplate surmounted by three pronged finials.
    English, c.1870.

    A similar grate can be seen at Charles Dickens' Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent.

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    Width Height Depth
    24 1316"
    63 cms
    30 78"
    78.5 cms
    14 1316"
    37.5 cms
  • Stock: 15681

    A very large Arts and Crafts cast iron fire basket, with a brass apron and brass finials to the andirons.
    English, c.1890.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 48 38"
    123 cms
    32 1116"
    83 cms
    24"
    61 cms
    Back Width 28 14"
    72 cms

    Listed Price: £3,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15620

    An Edwardian neoclassical fire basket with a bow front three bar grate above an elegantly pierced apron, engraved with a floral and foliate decoration featuring two dragons. The columnar andirons are surmounted steeple finials.
    English, early 20th century.

    Width Height Depth
    31 18"
    79 cms
    27 316"
    69 cms
    15 1116"
    40 cms
  • Stock: 13234

    A substantial cast iron Georgian style fire basket with a sun burst backplate set above a panel of three festooned rosette paterae. The two barred grate with four large traditional urn finials above the simple cut apron and with etched andiron supports on small bun feet.
    English, circa 1870.

    Width Height Depth
    External 37"
    94 cms
    36"
    91.5 cms
    18 78"
    48 cms
    Back width 22"
    56 cms

    Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15539

    An interesting Arts and Crafts fire basket, the back panel depicting the Day of Judgement within a medieval scene complete with a hilltop castle. God appears from swirling clouds, holding a ladder on which an angel pulls up the souls of the redeemed. In the foreground a crowd gathers around a hole where a man is being plunged into the depths of hell. This figure is intended to be licked by the flames of the fire in the grate, adding to the dramatic effect. The stylised sunflower brass andirons turn slightly outwards and are mounted on tapered legs.

    English, c.1890.

    Width Height Depth
    External 22 38"
    57 cms
    39"
    99 cms
    13"
    33 cms
    Back panel 17 1116"
    45 cms

    Listed Price: £2,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14738

    A rare and monumental cast iron Coalbrookdale antique fire grate identical to fire grate SNo 14374. The elaborately scrolled backplate featues a Bagot Goat jumping a fence. The substantial basket, with a strapwork apron centred by a lion mask, is supported by a pair of large and powerful panther head standards.

    Provenance: The registration mark 65 The Coalbrookdale Company registered September 6th 1841 number 814 can clearly be seen on the back.
    English, early to mid 19th century.

    Notes: The Bagot goat is believed to be Britain's oldest breed of goat and has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall in Staffordshire for over six hundred years.The Coalbrookdale Company, a foundry in Shropshire established in 1709, is probably most famous for building the world's first cast iron bridge erected and opened at Ironbridge in 1780, but it was also noted for its decorative ironwork an example of which is a set of gates opening into London's Hyde Park. The blast furnaces were closed down around 1820 but the foundries remained in use.

    Please note that the back plate was once broken the damage can be seen under the goat. It has been strapped on the back, so the grate is still functional.

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    width height depth
    34 58"
    88 cms
    29 14"
    74.5 cms
    16 18"
    41 cms
  • Stock: 15387

    A Baroque Dutch style iron & bronze large, three barred firegrate. The grate is surmounted by a pair of small bronze globe finials. The whole is supported to the front by tall bulbous bronze baluster andirons in ornate feet centred by lion masks with rings in their mouths. The plain bronze apron can be drawn out to reveal a tray for ashes.
    English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 39"
    99 cms
    28"
    71 cms
    17 14"
    44 cms
    Back panel 20 78"
    53 cms

    Listed Price: £4,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15322

    A large cast iron and brass mounted Gothic Revival firegrate in the manner of A W N Pugin. The high, trefoil backplate, centred by a plain cartouche above an arch, has sides swooping down to the low two barred grate. A pair of upright seated, brass lions mounted on spiral podiums and holding simple, escutcheon shaped shields, form the integral andirons raised on large peg feet.
    English late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    36"
    91.5 cms
    33 12"
    85 cms
    24"
    61 cms
  • Stock: 15329

    A substantial burnished steel and cast iron Victorian fire basket in the Georgian manner with a shaped backplate. The two barred grate, with a curved pierced apron, is surmounted by a pair of small urn finials and is supported by two tall bulbous andirons on scrolled and pegged feet. English, circa 1870.

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    Width Height Depth
    45 14"
    115 cms
    18 18"
    46 cms
    11"
    28 cms

    Listed Price: £5,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15092

    A large cast iron and brass Neoclassical style firegrate with Baroque influences. The shaped backplate is centred by a floral medallion above a foliate panel. The two barred grate is supported by a pair of tall columnar standards, with lion mask roundels and surmounted by large brass lidded urn finials, above stylised paw feet. There is a registration mark RD 145568 for 1890 on the one of the standards.
    English, circa 1890.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 34 14"
    87 cms
    25"
    63.5 cms
    15 1116"
    40 cms
    Back panel 19 14"
    49 cms
  • Stock: 15332

    A large Gothic Revival, cast iron Victorian fire grate in the manner of A.W.N Pugin. With a pointed trefoil arch backplate centred by rosette spray, a two barred grate mounted with a pair of fleur de lys finials and fronted by a very fine decorative pair of tall andirons each topped with brass ball finials.The andirons and fire grate bear diamond registration marks for 1867. English, mid 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    42 18"
    107 cms
    32 12"
    82.5 cms
    18 78"
    48 cms

    Listed Price: £4,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14650

    A serpentine fronted cast iron and brass antique fire grate in the late Georgian manner of Thomas Elsley of London. The a high shaped backplate is centred by an oval medallion surrounded with ribbons and swags of bellflowers. The bow fronted three bar grate, surmounted by a pair of fine urn finials above applied brass ropes of descending bellflowers flanked by sunburst designs, is supported by a pair of tall out-swept bulbous stemmed standards raised on splayed feet. English, circa 1870.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 42 18"
    107 cms
    28 78"
    73.5 cms
    17 1116"
    45 cms
    Back width 20 78"
    53 cms
  • Stock: 15194

    A 20th century cast iron fire grate in the Regency style with a high arched back centred by a large bead framed oval bosse. The three barred grate, above the cut serpentine apron, is supported by a pair of tall, prominent andirons with globe finials and terminate in ball and claw feet. English, mid 20th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    33 12"
    85 cms
    33"
    83.8 cms
    19 14"
    49 cms

    Listed Price: £2,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15213

    A very large Gothic Revival cast iron fire grate with a high double arched backplate centred by fleur de lys. The wide barred grate supported on a pair of very substantial and prominent standards each topped by large fleur de lys finials and mounted with rosette detail with Diamond registration marks for 1867.

    English, circa 1867.

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    Width Height Depth
    35 316"
    89.5 cms
    32 58"
    82.7 cms
    14 58"
    37 cms

    Listed Price: £4,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15126

    A very large cast iron Victorian fire grate attributed to A.W.N Pugin. The arched backplate with Gothic tracery rests behind the two barred grate which is supported at the front by a pair of tall standards, raised on sturdy splayed feet, each surmounted by large ornate brass finials which bear monogrammed shields set on stylised foliate roundels. English, circa 1850.

    Awaits final restoration.

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    Width Height Depth
    50 38"
    128 cms
    29 78"
    76 cms
    19 12"
    49.5 cms

    Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15069

    An unusual late Victorian antique cast iron fire grate with a high shaped back with a simple inset oval cartouche. The two barred grate, surmounted by with boldly scrolled shoulders, above a neat cut leaf apron is raised on a pair of urn shaped feet. English, circa 1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 23 38"
    59.5 cms
    30 1116"
    78 cms
    13 38"
    34 cms
    Back width 20 18"
    51 cms

    Listed Price: £3,400 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15128

    A large and handsome Victorian brass and cast iron hooded enclosed fire grate in the Baroque manner. This impressive grate has a high shaped hood with an integral flue connection, it is inset with an ornate repousse brass panel above a deep grate surmounted by a pair of brass finials and with turned spindle bars along the apron. The whole is supported by a pair of fine pierced brass baluster standards raised on triple paw feet. English, circa 1870.

    This type of inclosed 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.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 37"
    94 cms
    36 38"
    92.5 cms
    21 14"
    54 cms
    Back width 21 12"
    54.5 cms

    Listed Price: £5,700 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15068

    A fine brass and cast iron fire grate, in the George III style. The high shaped back with a central cartouche depicts a double headed eagle and shield, held by a man and a woman. The bars of the grate are elegantly bowed, and sit above a richly embellished apron which is pierced and profusely engraved with a ribboned and floral design. The andirons are surmounted by steeple finials and supported by curved shoulders which are also finely engraved.
    English, 19th century incorporating a significant amount earlier 18th century elements.

    Notes - In heraldry the double-headed eagle is a charge associated with the concept of Empire and is frequently found with links to the Roman/Byzantine Empire and also the Holy Roman Empire, which after its dissolution, the double-headed eagle was retained by the Austrian Empire, and served also as the coat of arms of the German Confederation.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 33 1116"
    85.5 cms
    38 58"
    98 cms
    17 1116"
    45 cms
    Back width 20 12"
    52 cms

    Listed Price: £5,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14017

    An Arts and Crafts cast and wrought iron fire basket. The cast back plate with a depiction of a Bacchanalian procession. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of tall standards with outswept, pierced bronze roundels raised on splayed scrolled feet. English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 26 1316"
    68 cms
    25 38"
    64.5 cms
    13 1316"
    35 cms
    Back width 19 14"
    49 cms
  • Stock: 14066

    A large and very rare Regency cast & wrought iron, brass mounted antique fire grate in the Greek Revival manner. The backplate, with a rolled top embellished with scrolled foliate detail, sits behind the tooth barred curved fronted grate which is flanked by panels with applied brass stylised honeysuckle and scrolled wrought iron mountings. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of tall draped figural andirons standing on small brass footblocks.
    English, circa 1810.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 40 58"
    103 cms
    22"
    56 cms
    13 1316"
    35 cms
    Back Width 28"
    71 cms

    Listed Price: £12,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14551

    A very fine and large cast iron and parcel gilt decorated antique Victorian fire grate in the Gothic Revival manner. The backplate is cast with five roundels behind the two barred grate with plain and spiral twist bars and knobbed cone finials. The grate is supported on an a pair of tall ornate andirons surmounted by cup and cover finials with foliate gilt decoration. The four sided gilt mounted stems are embellished with rope-twist bound foliate roundels above gilt detail on the splayed feet. English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 38 58"
    98 cms
    26 1316"
    68 cms
    17 1116"
    45 cms
    Back width 23 58"
    60 cms

    Listed Price: £6,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14865

    A wide Arts and Crafts polished steel five barred antique Edwardian fire basket very much in the manner of Charles Voysey(1857 – 1941). The large grate, mounted with a pair of Baroque style finials, is supported to the front by a pair of tall elegant spire andirons raised on square columned legs.
    English, circa 1900.

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    Width Height Depth
    36 316"
    92 cms
    28 78"
    73.5 cms
    17 14"
    44 cms

    Listed Price: £9,400 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14862

    A small and exquisite Queen Anne style cast iron and brass antique fire basket in the Baroque manner. The grate with burnished turned fire bars is supported to the front by a pair of very attractively styled brass standards with spiral columns, under conical gadrooned finials, on slender cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.
    English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 24 1316"
    63 cms
    21 18"
    53.5 cms
    11 1316"
    30 cms
    Back width 18 18"
    46 cms
  • Stock: 14829

    A very decorative and large cast iron and brass mounted three barred Victorian Rococo style fire basket with a high arched and shaped back plate. Decorative urn finials are mounted on the grate above delicately styled applied brass detail. The registration mark for 886 to the back.
    English, circa 1886.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 27 316"
    69 cms
    34 18"
    86.5 cms
    13"
    33 cms
    Back width 21 14"
    54 cms

    Listed Price: £5,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14846

    A very large wrought iron Arts and Crafts fire basket in the baroque style the grate supported by a pair of large ornate andirons.
    English, circa 1900.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 55 18"
    140 cms
    30 1116"
    78 cms
    18 18"
    46 cms
    Back Width 28 14"
    72 cms

    Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14830

    A substantial Victorian, Baroque style antique cast iron fire grate with knopped, side supports, a high arched backplate, and sturdy shaped standards.
    English, mid 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    29 78"
    76 cms
    33 12"
    85 cms
    12 316"
    31 cms
  • Stock: 14810

    A fine Victorian burnished hooded fire grate in the Beaux Arts Baroque style. English, mid 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    25 316"
    64 cms
    35 38"
    89.8 cms
    12 1116"
    32.3 cms

    Listed Price: £4,750 (+VAT where applicable)

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Fire Baskets: The History
Fire baskets have been used for millennia.

In the UK, the first example of a fire basket being used is from the Iron Age Period, and this is currently on display at The British Museum. It is a simple open fire basket, where logs rest inside the bars, providing heat and also a place for cooking.

Fast forward to the 17th century, where the use of a fire basket for open fires became mandatory after the great fire of London.

17th century fire log baskets are very rare and today, the vast majority of antique fire baskets for sale are either Georgian, Regency or Victorian.

Updating Antique Fire Grates and Baskets for Modern Use
Fire grates and baskets can be updated for more modern use in the home today. Most of our antique fire baskets can be converted to a gas fire basket, where the grid used for burning wood or coal is simply cut and a gas fire basket unit is placed inside it.

This can then have a manual switch or a remote control for you to control the fire. This is perfect if you have antique fireplaces and you want your fire baskets to be period too.

Whether you have a cast iron fire basket, or a steel fire basket, there are suitable conversion options for you:

  • Ethanol burners are a good option if you don’t have a fireplace flue and want decorative flames.
  • However, gas fire baskets are the superior option if you are also looking for a heat source! Both have the flexibility to be used with both large and small fire baskets.

Whether you are looking for a Victorian fire basket or something a little earlier, our large stock of antique fire baskets should have something for you. If you are looking for something specific, please contact us and we would be delighted to assist!