Antique Garden Furniture: Ornaments, Statues & Fountains

Stock: 16625

A large and impressive salt glaze faux bois garden chair. This large chair could also be used as a planter, the naturalistic branches hollowed out for planting, including a large area of the trunk. Would look fabulous planted with ferns, or even strawberries. This chair would be just as impressive used as an interior decoration.

Scottish, c. 1880.

Faux Bois garden ornamentation first emerged in France in the mid-19th century. A gardener named Joseph Monier first developed a technique using Portland cement (invented in England) and a metal armature, to make frost proof garden ornamentation, bridges and planters. This popular new art from spread to England, and large potteries used their frost proof salt glaze and stoneware to manufacture garden chairs and planters in this whimsical new style.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms

Stock: 16738

A pair of fine and large 19th century copies of the Sosibios vase by Handyside & Co in cast iron, with associated stone bases. These copies of the Greek krater were originally retailed by the Handyside foundry at £4 in 1880.

Notes:
This cast iron urn is modelled on a white marble urn from antiquity by Sosibios, a Greek sculptor working in Rome around 50 BC. An English version of the model was later in the 1874 catalogue of A. Handyside and Co. of Derby and London. A set of four painted cast-iron urns of this model sold at Christie's Wrotham Park, 4 June 1991 lot 120.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Vases	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Overall		42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms

Stock: 16746

A rare cast iron Handyside urn after the the Medici Vase. This beautiful urn was manufactured by the renowned Andrew Handyside & Co Foundry, and as illustrated in the catalogue. This Medici Vase, now on display at the Uffizi in Florence, is decorated with the iconic bas-relief design running around the bell shaped krater. It follows the Renaissance tradition of making copies of archaeological discoveries for grand tourists and other wealthy patrons. The industrial revolution allowed such copies to be made in greater numbers in cast iron.

English, c.1851.

Pedestal base 15786 not included in the price.

Notes: The Handyside Foundry exhibited this model at the Great Exhibition of 1851, as it was, and still remains, one of the most popular subjects from antiquity.


The Handyside Foundry: Having returned from his uncle's engineering business in Russia, the young engineer Andrew Handyside took over the Britannia iron works in Derby in 1848, a foundry that was known for the quality of its casting, owing to the fine sand that could be found in the region. He made a wide range of materials in cast iron, from garden ornaments, to iron buildings and bridges.

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	Diameter	Height
	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms	69 11⁄16" 177 cms
Base 15786	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms

Stock: 16545

A fine Renaissance Revival antique pedestal or garden seat in white terracotta. The cylinder shaped form is decorated in relief with mythical beasts and scrolling foliage and has acquired a lovely patina over time. This shape of garden seat originated in China.

English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 16669

A pair of fine Doulton Lambeth buff terracotta garden urns and pedestals. The urns are of tazza form, perfect for planting, with floral and stiff leaf decoration in low relief over slender socles. They rest on elegant fluted column pedestals, with a dynamic egg and dart rim to the base.

English, c.1860.

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	Diameter	Height
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	44 7⁄8" 114 cms

Stock: 16628

A large 19th century obelisk in a buff terracotta, with its original plinth. The surface of the obelisk has developed a beautiful patina, and it would make the most perfect garden centrepiece.

English, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height
	15" 38 cms	63 13⁄16" 162 cms

Stock: 15983

A pair of cast iron two handled half fluted campana shaped garden vases, everted beaded rims above broad bands of scrolling acanthus and fluted circular socles on a square base.

English, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 16636

A large and very decorative cast iron garden bench after Coalbrookdale's iconic fern pattern which was patented in 1858.

English, mid to late 20th century.

A pair with stock no. 16635.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16635

A large and very decorative cast iron garden bench after Coalbrookdale's iconic fern pattern which was patented in 1858.

English, mid to late 20th century.

A pair with stock no. 16636.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63" 160 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16733

A pair of black painted cast iron garden urns on stands, attributed to the Handyside Foundry. This set of campana urns with flared lobed rims, have lovely acanthine foliate embellishments to the body, over gadrooned socles. They are mounted with mask and loop handles. The plinths are simply decorated with bound laurel wreaths.

English, mid 19th century.

Notes: The renowned American landscape gardener, writer and horticulturalist Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) speaks fondly of the garden urn stating,“There are few objects that may, with so much good effect, be introduced into the scenery of pleasure grounds, surrounding a tasteful villa, as the vase in its many varied forms.”

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	Width	Height	Depth
Urn & Base	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	44" 111.8 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Base	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms	19 13⁄16" 50.3 cms

Stock: 12781

A near pair of antique cast iron plant holders or jardinières in the Roman Revival manner, with raised cast detail of olive branch, laurel wreath and ribbons on one, and raised cast wreath and ivy leaf on the other, each rests on four acanthus style feet.
English Victorian mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms

Stock: 8096

A pair of Victorian cast iron bench ends with scrolling foliate decoration on splayed scrolled feet. The top rail and armrests both terminate in griffin-like masks.
We can add a back and seat in teak and paint the ironwork if desired, please contact us for a quote.

English, mid-19th century.

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		height	Depth
		32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 16402

A very large cast iron urn in the form of the Warwick Vase, after the antique popularised by 18th century collectors. This piece is on a grand scale and woluld make a fantastic statement on a plinth.
Attributed to the Handyside foundry, as illustrated in their catalogue.

English, c.1850

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
	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
Base	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16103

A pair of fine Victorian buff terracotta urns, each with a flared rim and semi-gadrooned body, raised on a moulded pedestal and square base.

English, c.1890.

Would be fabulous paired with our selection of pedestals.

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	Diameter	Height
	26" 66 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 16266

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth.

This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley to produce such an iconic model for their wealthiest clients.

Notes:

A design for a model of the Uffizi Boar is illustrated in Austin and Seeley's catalogue the 'Specimen Book of Austin & Seeley's Artificial Stone Manufactory, London', 1844, p. 9. Austin & Seeley were known as suppliers of fine garden statuary to the largest country houses in England and similar stone examples can be found at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Felix Austin entered into business making artificial stone in 1828, having purchased moulds from a firm that had gone out of business. He established his works in New Road, London, describing himself variously as an architect, statuary mason and sculptor as well as artificial stone maker. His material was not the same as the ceramic body used by Mrs. Coade, but made from Portland cement, broken stone, pounded marble and course sand (The Builder, 1868). However, like Mrs. Coade, he encouraged leading architects and designers to work for him. Around 1840 he entered into partnership with John Seeley; Seeley had trained at the Royal Academy Schools and also made an artificial stone, which he called 'artificial limestone'. In 1841 they published their first catalogue Collection of Ornaments at Austin & Seeley's Artificial Stone Works for Gardens, Parks and Pleasure Grounds, etc. from their address in New Road. The preface to this catalogue begins 'Austin's Artificial Stone is of a light tone, requires no painting or colouring, will not sustain injury from the severest winter, and, being impervious to wet, is particularly applicable to all kinds of water-works. Its superiority is now so thoroughly established, that the most eminent Architects and scientific Gentlemen have expressed, in the highest terms, their approbation of its durability, and close resemblance to real stone.'

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	70 7⁄8" 180 cms

Stock: 16556

A rare pair of large cast iron Handyside urns after the the Medici Vase. These urns were manufactured by the renowned Andrew Handyside & Co Foundry, and as illustrated in the catalogue, are a near pair, with a different subject to the bas-relief friezes. The right is a faithful copy to the original Medici Vase, now on display at the Uffizi in Florence. Both are mounted on their original pedestals.

English, c.1851.

Notes: The Handyside Foundry exhibited this model at the Great Exhibition of 1851, as it was, and still remains, one of the most popular subjects from antiquity.

Having returned from his uncle's engineering business in Russia, the young engineer Andrew Handyside took over the Britannia iron works in Derby in 1848, a foundry that was known for the quality of its casting, owing to the fine sand that could be found in the region. He made a wide range of materials in cast iron, from garden ornaments, to iron buildings and bridges.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Urn & Base	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	54 1⁄4" 138 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms
Base	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 16420

A pair of charming 19th century garden urns in terracotta, with a fruiting vine around the rim and gadrooned bowls.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	15" 38 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 16178

A set of three Scottish fireclay urns of campana form by Garnkirk Fireclay Works. The urns are simply decorated with leaf tip mouldings to the rim, gadrooned bodies mounted with loop handles.
They would look wonderful on plinths, or perhaps mounted on a wall.
Scottish, c.1860. Garnkirk, stamped to base.

The Garnkirk Fireclay Works was a renowned maker of bricks and decorative objects in the 19th century. Their clay was renowned for its durability and also light colour, making it a leader in the field of manufacture of garden urns.

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	Diameter	Height
	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms

Stock: 16067

A pair of slender buff terracotta Victorian garden planters of fluted bluster form, perfect for a patio, a wall or even a doorstep.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 6560

A large boldly carved stone head of a classical figure wearing a laurel wreath. Originally mounted on the parapet of a building in Glasgow, built in the Greek Revival style, now demolished.
Very much in the style of - or perhaps even designed by - the great Scottish architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson.
Scottish,19th Century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 12539

An Edwardian gate post finial modelled as an eagle in composition stone, on a rectangular plinth. Attractively patinated and verdigreed with well defined carved detail. English, early 20th century.

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		height
		36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 16070

A pair of rustic French cast iron garden urns, with traces of the original painted finish. Would look fabulous raised on pedestals.

French, c.1880.

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	Diameter	Height
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 12695

A really unusual and beautiful roof ventilator manufactured by Ewarts & Son with the most wonderful verdigris patina. Whilst originally used to improve air circulation, today it would be a beautiful decorative centrepiece in the garden, or as a roof finial.

English, c.1890.

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Stock: 16376

A pair of early 20th Century cast iron pedestal planters with a fantastic paint finish.

English, c.1900.

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	Width	Height
	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 16399

A grand terracotta style composition garden urn in the form of the Warwick Vase, after the antique popularised by 18th century collectors. This piece is large in size and a beautifully modelled copy of the Roman original, and can be displayed both outside and in.

English, mid 20th century.

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
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 16012

A Victorian white painted cast iron tripod bird bath in the Rococo taste - a wonderfully ornate centrepiece for the garden.
With original painted finish, but we can re-paint if desired.

English, c.1880.

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	Diameter	Height
		29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 16182

A pair of Victorian painted cast iron garden urns or planters, with scrolled rims over gadrooned bodies, raised on cast iron plinths.

Victorian, c.1890.

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	Diameter	Height
	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 16091

A fine pair of 19th century cast iron twin handled garden urns or planters. The elegant urns have egg and dart rims over baluster bodies, and rope twist handles to the side.

English, c.1880.

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	Diameter	Height
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16237

A set of four Victorian cast iron garden chairs, with oval openwork backs with scroll pediments, scroll fretwork oval seats, cabriole legs with mask capitals, high, together with a circular table of similar design.
Perfect for use on a patio or lawn, as they have wide feet.

English, late 19th century.

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Stock: 7144

A pair of composition Egyptian lions in the Regency manner, the bases stamped ‘Coade’. Commercial copies.
20th century.

Notes:The Coade lions of the 18th century were modelled on the Egyptian basalt lions at the base of the Capitoline Steps in Rome. However, much of the simple refinement of form of the Roman lions was lost in translation in the 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Length
	15" 38.1 cms	24 1⁄2" 62.2 cms	48 1⁄2" 123.2 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: 4506

A weathered carved stone bust of Moliere, the 17th century French playwright (1622 - 1673) looking to dexter.
French, circa 1720.

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	width	height
	21" 53.3 cms	25" 63.5 cms

Stock: 15538

A pair of Victorian fireclay planters of canted rectangular form, perfect for use on a bay window. They are topped with scallop shell decoration and are also embellished with trailing roses and female masks
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	65 3⁄8" 166 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15934

A pair of large 19th century carrara marble urns. The boldly carved urns are twin handled, with high relief acanthus leaves around the body of the urn on a canted square base. They could be used either as garden or indoor urns.
English, c.1880.

One of two pairs available with stock no. 15935.

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	Diameter	Height
Including handles	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 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