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Stock: 16342

An exceptional giltwood Venetian wall mirror. The fine frame has strapwork cresting, pierced sides and apron, the whole carved with rocaille, c-scrolls and floral flourishes, enclosing the original mercury glass mirror plate, which is surmounted by an etched cartouche plate to the crest, decorated with a woman playing a lyre with a pastoral scene.

Venice, c.1780.

View our collection of: Antique mirrors and console tables

	width	height	depth
	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	63 13⁄16" 162 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms
Crest depth	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms

Stock: 16363

An impressive blue and white porcelain Chinese temple jar of octagonal baluster form painted with ferns and dragons. The cover is topped with Foo Dog finial standing guard. This is a bold statement piece on a grand scale.

Chinese, early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 16341

A large and fine cabaret wall mirror, with a deeply cushioned frame, embossed with a foliate decoration on a stippled ground. A really bold piece that would also work well in a contemporary interior.

French, mid 19th century. An antique Italian gilded mirror.

View our collection of: Antique mirrors and console tables

	Width	Height	Depth
	41 13⁄16" 106.2 cms	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	2" 5 cms

Stock: 15801

A fine set of Victorian polished steel fire tools with ornate brass handles and barley twist shafts, the shovel beautifully pierced.

English, c.1870.

View our collection of: Antique Firetools.

	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16098

A vibrant Abadeh wool carpet from the Qashqai region of Iran, with a red ground typical of Qashqai carpets, a central cartouche and various floral motifs.

Notes: Qashqai carpets are coarse in nature and this makes them very hardwearing, and they are often made from both sheep and goat's wool and are coloured using natural dyes.

View our collection of: Carpets and rugs

	Width	Height
	98 3⁄8" 250 cms	61 3⁄8" 156 cms

Stock: 15872

A fine late nineteenth century fireplace in beautifully veined serravezza marble. The fireplace is simply carved, allowing the marble to take centre stage. The moulded shelf sits above a paneled frieze centred by a flited tablet and flanked by acanthus paterae endblocks. These rest on stop fluted jambs over plain footblocks.
French, c.1880.

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

	width	height	depth
External	60 3⁄8" 153.5 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.6 cms
Internal	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms

Stock: 13122

An imposingly large Jacobean Revival cedar wood antique fireplace surround with an exquisitely inlaid over mantel. This chimneypiece has a projecting pediment on the upper register which rests above a pair of strapwork panels beneath which are two high arched panels decorated with stylised ornate inlaid vases of flowers picked out in satinwood, mahogany, sycamore and ebony. The panels are set between three pairs of free standing, reeded columns with finely carved capitals terminating in tall strapwork feet. Beneath the over mantel is a fireplace surround, with a moulded shelf above a strapwok carved barrel undershelf, supported by a pair of tapering reeded jambs resting on tall footblocks.
English, circa 1870.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

	Width	Height (Overall)	Depth
External	90 5⁄8" 230 cms	129 7⁄8" 330 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Internal	53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms	60" 152.5 cms