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Stock: 15648

An elegant chimneypiece of a good size in a pure white statuary marble with Siena marble ingrounds. The inverse breakfronted shelf rests over a crisply fluted frieze, which is mounted with a tablet, deftly carved with a reclining figure holding a harp. This detail is echoed on the endblocks, which are decorated with a foliate lyre and trumpets. These are mounted over the slender scrolling console jambs.
An interesting chimneypiece, spanning the stylistic gap between the Georgian and Regency periods.

English, c.1810, with restorations.

View our collection of: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	67 3⁄8" 171.3 cms	52 7⁄8" 134.4 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms
Internal	42 7⁄8" 109 cms	40 11⁄16" 103.5 cms

Stock: 15512

A good sized and very charming Gothic Revival fender in cast iron and brass. The cast and pierced quatrefoil decoration is bordered by bands of brass, and the corners are mounted with stylised hart's tongue ferns, over brass bun feet.

English, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 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: 16558

A Regency Mahogany waterfall bookcase. Beneath the simple scrolled broken pediment, the seven graduated shelves with crossbanded edges are flanked by scalloped waterfall ends, and supported on short turned legs.

English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30" 76.2 cms	72" 183 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 16511

A rare mid-19th century Italian beadwork circular wine table. The glass covered and brightly coloured geometric and foliate patterned beadwork top is executed using tiny glass and metal beads individually sewn onto a fabric backing, this is contained within a deeply moulded walnut frame, raised on a turned central column supported by three scrolled and carved legs.

Italian, circa 1860.

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	Diameter	Height
	21 7⁄8" 55.5 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 14742

A pair of grand and extremely tall early 20th century scagliola urns in the Neoclassical style, each with twin black lion masks mounted to the sides, and raised on scagliola column plinths with black marble bases.
English, circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Overall	22" 56 cms	83 1⁄8" 211 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
Urn	22" 56 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms

Stock: 16541

An exceptionally fine and rare pair of Venetian giltwood mirrors or pier glasses. Mirrors of this type, especially those in an original pair are vanishingly rare. Their gilded giltwood frames take an organic form, the whole carved with rocaille, c-scrolls and floral embellishments, with a mirrored rocaille crest. This Rococo design encloses the more traditional frames that are the signature of the Venetian style, which in turn borders the most magnificently patinated original mercury plates.

Italian, c.1760.

Provenance: From a palazzo in Venice.

Notes: It is likely that this pair of mirrors was made on the island of Murano, known as the 'Isle of Glass'. It has been the centre of fine glassmaking for centuries.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Each	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	54 1⁄2" 138.5 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 16387

The most charming Regency bullseye fireplace in slate, which has been cut across the grain to make a feature of the natural striations in the stone. Ordinarily slate fireplaces of this period were painted, but this one was carefully made to showcase the beauty of the stone.
The slender, moulded shelf, sits over a cushion moulded frieze and jambs.

English, c.1820.

View our collection of: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	54 1⁄2" 138.5 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	7 11⁄16" 19.6 cms
Internal	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 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: 16530

A set of four 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: 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: 15840

A large and rare neoclassical chimneypiece in a soft, honey toned sandstone. Very much in the manner of William Kent, and therefore Palladian in style, this grand chimneypiece bears a thick shelf carved with a bold egg and dart moulding and a delicately carved foliate undershelf. Both rest on a beautifully carved half-barrel frieze, with acanthus paterae carved in a cross-hatch arrangement, centred by a blank tablet. The half pilaster jambs with ionic capitals are carved with bead and reel details and enclose the flat crossette cornered ingrounds, with further egg and dart and leaf and dart mouldings.

English, mid-20th century.

Notes: William Kent was the preeminent architect of the early Georgian period and the father of Palladianism. His style was informed both by antiquity and the bold style of the Italian Baroque, which was introduced to him on his tour of Italy. He was the first British architect to consider the interior as part of the whole decorative scheme, and designed furniture and other the small details necessary to complete a room.

View our collection of: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	75 1⁄2" 191.7 cms	59 13⁄16" 152 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	46 3⁄16" 117.3 cms

Stock: 16519

An interesting Louis Philippe period overmantel mirror with an elegant water gilded frame, enclosing a mercury plate. The frame is topped by a later surmount, ornately carved with ribbon tied wheat, vines and fruit, centred by an urn.

French, mid-19th century and later.

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	Width	Height
	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	66 1⁄8" 168 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: 16522

A fine and large Irish William IV convex mirror. The original convex plate is enclosed within a reeded slip, which is bordered by an ornate giltwood frame which is mounted with acanthus scrollwork, bunches of grapes, a sunflower and twin candleholders. Most unusually, the surmount depicts a stag resting under an oak tree. Mounted with wired girandoles.

Irish, c.1830.

Similar to stock no. 16491.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 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: 16509

A fine Italian centre table with a wonderful top comprising concentric bands of bookmatched burr walnut. The outer ring is exquisitely decorated with marquetry crosshatching, which frames a wide band of burr walnut veneer. This in turn, encloses the central decoration of beautifully inlaid marquetry of a foliate design, each leaf shown delicately curled. This magnificent tabletop is mounted on a turned pedestal triform base, terminating in beautifully carved scallop feet.

A very useful table, perfect as a breakfast table, or a centre table.

Italian, possibly Sorrento, circa.1860.

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	Diameter	Height
	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms

Stock: 16515

A fine and exceptionally large George IV giltwood overmantle mirror. The water gilded frame is enriched with deeply carved stylised scrolling foliage and simple half round mouldings, all set below the boldly carved cornice. The gilded carving is enhanced with burnished highlights and to the back the substantial frame encloses a panelled back board.

English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
top	73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms	72 3⁄8" 184 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms
bottom	75 1⁄8" 190.7 cms

Stock: 16510

A very fine early George III giltwood wall mirror in the manner of John Linnell (1729–96). The oval mercury mirror plate is framed by an exquisitely carved frame of foliate design, surmounted by a rocaille cartouche which is echoed on the bottom of the mirror, which terminates in a similar fashion.

English, circa 1740.

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	Width	Height
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 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: 15218

A very fine and grand 19th century arched fireplace in a pure white Bianco P marble. Perhaps the best feature of this fireplace is the exceptional carving; the moulded shelf rests on an underfrieze carved with an egg and dart moulding, which in turn sits above the beautifully carved stop-fluted freize, with a central ribboned garland of laurel leaves. The beautifully stepped and panelled jambs are also decorated with deftly carved ribboned laurel. These substantial jambs enclose an arched opening with very decorative foliate spandrels.

Belgian, mid-19th century.

Outside footblock to outside footblock 182.3cm

View our collection of: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	76 3⁄8" 194 cms	47 7⁄8" 121.7 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Internal	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms

Stock: 16503

An exceptionally fine eighteenth-century Piedmontese pier mirror. The ornately moulded frame is surmounted by elaborate scrolling foliate surmount, which looms over the mirror plate. The wonderfully foxed mercury mirror plate is framed by a slender mercury glass marginal plate with applied floral paterae decoration. The frame rests on outswept feet, to support it on a console, mantel or similar.

Italian, mid-18th century, Piedmont with restorations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	79 7⁄8" 203 cms

Stock: 16464

A pair of fine, Egyptian Revival candlesticks in brass. The acanthus drip pans are mounted on a fluted shaft which stands on three footed base.

French, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 14192

A fine Pair of gilt brass ormolu Louis XVI style chenet andirons. Each is in the form of a lidded urn with a Mask representing Bacchus, God of wine and giver of ecstasy, topped off by a foliate finial with swags of foliage sweeping down from the handles to the pierced plinth beneath, which is supported on four fluted legs.

French, last quarter of the 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	10" 25.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 16314

A fine set of three antique Louis XVI style cast iron fireplace panels. The main central panel is decorated with a basket of flowers on a background of ivy, beneath ribbon tied swags of flowers, surrounded by a moulded border with floral paterae corners. The two side panels are decorated with trumpets and sheet music, hung on tasselled cords and ribbons with matching borders.

French, circa 1880. View our collection of: antique Firebacks

	Width	Height	Depth
Main Panel	31" 78.7 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms
Side Panels	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms

Stock: 15895

A fine Louis XVI fireplace in boldly veined green and violet Breche Violette marble, with floral endblock paterae either side of the low fluted frieze, supported on acanthus leaf adorned jambs. Cast iron insert not available.
French, late 19th century.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	52 13⁄16" 134.2 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal	38" 96.5 cms	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms

Stock: 16465

An antique Regency mahogany twin column extending table. The mahogany top with rounded external corners over a shallow beaded frieze, is supported on a pair of square tapered columns over beaded quadriform platform bases with scrolled swept out feet on castors. Each half of the table can be used independently as a side table and each is fitted with a tilt top.

We can manufacture an extra leaf from antique mahogany if required.

English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	28 11⁄16" 72.8 cms	51 11⁄16" 131.3 cms
one half	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 72.8 cms

Stock: 16138

A fine and rare set of Grand Tour plaster intaglios, individually mounted on dark green silk within their original mahogany and crossbanded satinwood case, which is fashioned as a false book. When the spine of the book is removed, the interior is revealed. Traces of marbled paper remain around three sides of the case, imitating the marbled finishes often seen on 18th century books. Some of the Intaglios have the impressed stamp for Nathaniel Marchant, who was the most well regarded gem engraver of the 18th century.
Sets such as these are very rare.

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	Width	Lenght
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16527

A good pair of large and decorative Egyptian Revival obelisks in Ashburton marble, with incised hieroglyphics in gilt, and Belgian black marble bases. A statement for a mantelpiece or table.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Each	5 7⁄8" 15 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.6 cms	4 3⁄16" 10.7 cms

Stock: 15494

An attractive set of three antique Louis XVI Renaissance style cast iron fireplace panels with beautiful scrolling foliate decoration.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
side panels	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	39" 99 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms
central panel	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 6596

An exceptionally rare and finely cast George III neoclassical cast iron chimneypiece, attributed to Robert Adam. The frieze is delicately decorated with a finely cast central oval cartouche depicting the Triumph of Love, flanked by garlands of bellflowers and floral paterae. The endblocks are decorated with portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte and are surmounted by a pair of neoclassical urns. These are supported on panelled jambs containing circular lion mask paterae and ribboned floral borders over paterae footblocks.
The fluted integral hob grate with serpentine bars is decorated with bell flowers and a central floral paterae. The handsome back plate with a half round arch, above which is a central mask, strung with garlands of bellflowers, which meet two portraits of the King and Queen again, this time in a distinctly classical guise.

English, circa 1760.

Provenance: Balcares House, from the London residence of the Earl of Crawford. Awaiting further research.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	22 3⁄16" 56.5 cms