Westland Fire Guards & Fire Screens - Exceptional London Antiques
Our collection of antique fire guards & screens is the epitome of style and charm with examples ranging from Baroque to Arts and Crafts, Rococo and Art Nouveau.
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Stock: 13527
A highly ornate brass, painted & stained glass Aesthetic Movement firescreen with a fine ebony handle. The pair of painted glass panels, depicting birds & bees in flight above fields of flowers set within stained glass detail and flanked by three repousse panels held by spindle rods and raised on elegant splayed feet.
English 19th century.
Note: Small crack in central right panel, bottom right.
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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22 13⁄16"
58 cms |
27"
68.5 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 12146
A high quality and ornate Baroque/Rococo style Firescreen, the ormolu frame spanned with fine gauze spark screening. Very much in the Louis XIV Sun King manner of the late 17th century.
French mid 19th century.
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26 13⁄16"
68 cms |
30 11⁄16"
78 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 13163
An early 20th century decoratively shaped Rococo style brass firescreen with an elaborate scrolling top handle, flanked by two decorative bouquets of flowers, and centred by a large urn filled with tumbling leaves and flowers. Supported on four scrolling legs with leaf embellishments.
Early 20th century.
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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28"
71 cms |
26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 13162
A beautiful and good quality Rococo Revival brass firescreen, decorated with an unusual central motif of bagpipes and double trumpets, surrounded with ornate floral decoration.
Mid 19th century.
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29 7⁄8"
76 cms |
29 7⁄8"
76 cms |
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Stock: 13100
An unusual copper and wrought iron Art Nouveau fire screen in the manner of Voysey, the outer swept heat motifs descending to four splayed legs holding the central hand beaten copper panel decorated with a winged dragon.
Early 20th century.
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
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Stock: 12184
An expanding sunburst brass peacock fire screen in the Louis XV manner with pierced, folding leaves. French, late 19th century.
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32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
23 3⁄8"
59.5 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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9 3⁄8"
24 cms |
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Stock: 12600
An Armorial Fireguard of bronze, wrought and cast iron featuring a medieval knight's helmet and a crossed halberd and spear behind a shield with fleur-de-lys and daggers in the quarter panels. Cast in the back are the words - Nestor British Made from the model by Henry Banks BWS Registered No. 776867.
English circa 1933.
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
27 5⁄8"
70 cms |
11"
28 cms |
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Stock: 12466
A Victorian brass firescreen with two leaves in the Rococo manner, the scrolling and leaf design cast in brass with female copper mask detail, supported on three fluted columns. Late 19th century.
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28 1⁄8"
71.5 cms |
27 3⁄8"
69.5 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
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Stock: 8666
A Louis XVI cast and mesh brass firescreen with floral fruit and swag decoration.
French, 19th century.
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29 1⁄8"
74 cms |
27 5⁄8"
70 cms |
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Stock: 9496
An Art Deco mahogany framed inlaid marquetry two leaf
hinged firescreen - the various inlaid veneers depict cityscapes, probably of Lincoln & Norwich.
English,1930s.
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28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
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Stock: 9388
A good quality brass fireguard/spark screen in the
French Empire manner. The fine mesh brass screen contained in a patinated brass frame, supported on florally decorated scrolled brackets , the apron with acanthus and floral ornament.
French, 19th century.
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depth |
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24"
61 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
11"
28 cms |
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Stock: 9148
An Aesthetic leaded glass and brass firescreen. English,19th century.
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21 1⁄4"
54 cms |
26 13⁄16"
68 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 10654
A Victorian fine quality Arts & Crafts black painted wrought iron firescreen having an arched top and brass finials, over a central stylised wheatsheaf inspired beaded fan motif with gilded center clasp and with fruiting Olive branch decoration either side on arched scrolled feet. English late 19th century
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32"
81.3 cms |
29"
73.6 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
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Stock: 10597
A small and attractive burnished brass firescreen in the Arts & Crafts embossed with a Firebird or Peacock with pair of Opal coloured Cabuchon in the manner of Ruskin, supported on wrought iron standards
English, early 20th century.
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20 1⁄8"
51 cms |
26 13⁄16"
68 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 10562
A Dutch embossed brass firescreen in the Baroque manner, with sunflowers and leaves in a gadrooned urn, bordered by Panther cubs.
English,19th century.
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19 1⁄4"
49 cms |
23 13⁄16"
60.5 cms |
5 1⁄2"
14 cms |
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Stock: 10111
LIBERTY LONDON GRAPES ON THE VINE: A fine Art Nouveau Firescreen in the manner of Libertys London.or even the Mackintosh school in Glasgow, the bronzed iron design of repousse metal stylised Grapes on the Vine contained in a strapwork bolted frame, well constructed with arched tripod supports. Late 19th, early 20th century.
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27 3⁄16"
69 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 9909
An Arts & Crafts fire screen, the central embossed brass circular panel depicting a Viking longboat in full sail, mounted in a hammered burnished steel surround fixed with brass faceted studs in wrought iron supports.
English, circa1900.
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28 11⁄16"
73 cms |
27 5⁄8"
70 cms |
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Stock: 9901
A bow fronted copper firescreen, the front applied with a basket of fruit and flowers, flanked by two scroll motifs, on a hammered ground.
English, circa 1930.
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depth |
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20 1⁄2"
52 cms |
26 3⁄16"
66.5 cms |
8 7⁄8"
22.5 cms |
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Stock: 9869
An early 20th century wrought iron firescreen,
formed with a classical urn and roses, within scrollwork.
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31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 9431
A large brass peacock fan spark guard with floral & shell moulding.
Provenance: Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
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42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
25 3⁄16"
64 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 9027
" LIBERTY'S FIRESCREEN "
A very handsome wrought iron antique fire screen with stylised pierced decoration interspersed with mesh panels and backed in red velvet. The pierced decoration depicts the Tudor Rose, a Lion Rampant, the Florentinian Fleur de Lys, and the Chained Swan which was the symbol of the De Bohun family and was adopted by the House of Lancaster when Henry, later Henry IV, married Mary de Bohun in 1380. Their son Henry V had it figured prominently on his standard which he carried to victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
The large central panel depicts a Firebird or Phoenix over a Coronet. Well engineered with spiral turned frames within the main structure on scrolled bracket trestles.
Provenance: Identical designs are on the doors of a large metal cabinet in Liberty's store in Regent Street, London, circa 1900, ( photo before restoration and polishing ).
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
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Stock: 10257
A Victorian brass wirework nursery fender of D-form with tool holders and rear attaching hooks. Late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Firescreens.
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63 3⁄8"
161 cms |
27"
68.5 cms |
17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
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Antique fire screens serve a vital function when you have a working fireplace. Not only do they lessen the sometimes-scorching heat from a fire, but they can also protect against sparks, which may damage soft furnishings and even clothing!
Antique fire guards are often fitted with a fine mesh to block sparks, so it is important to choose one that is an appropriate size if the fire will be in use. Small fire guards are perfect when placed in front of a register grate as the fire is smaller but for a larger fireplace, such as an inglenook, a much bigger antique fire screen would be required.
Antique fire screens can also be used purely for decorative purposes, as they were often designed to be wonderfully ornate. French fire screens are particularly so, sometimes gilded so they glow within the opening of a fireplace. Bronze fire screens such as these are often very high-quality objects, so they provide a wonderful feature whether they are used for decoration only or serve a practical function during the colder months.
Their English counterparts can also be decorative. Peacock fire screens for example are the perfect fireplace accessory. When open, their leaves form the shape of a peacock’s tail, and when closed these leaves fold neatly together.
Tapestry fire screens are also highly decorative and were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a pastime of women to embroider or weave panels for these screens, which would then protect their fair complexions from the glare of the fire. Victorian fire guards are often inset with needlework or tapestry panels that were made by women at home, rather than sold with these elements already fitted.
For a more rustic interior, an Arts and Crafts copper fire screen would work well, as they were often handmade. As these fire screens were beaten into shape, the finish is more understated and often works well with stone or wooden fireplaces.
We have a wide range of antique fire screens on this page, but if you are looking for anything specific, please do not hesitate to contact us.