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Stock: 13686

A rare and substantial Aesthetic antique chimneypiece on a grand scale exquisitely carved in lightly veined statuary marble. The colonnade frieze enclosing deeply undercut carved floral panels flanked by carved endblocks depicting flying angels carrying children & scatterting flowers above panelled jambs with classical vases of richly carved flowers above smaller panels with geese amongst rushes.

The side returns have three carved panels, small top panels depicting the world of music above the main larger panels of herons wrestling snakes among reeds, above the lower panels carved with shells and stylised porpoises.The fireplace opening is bordered by richly carved classical Greek architrave.
English circa 1870.
Note: Unusually the main elements of this chimneypiece are carved from solid blocks of marble.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	85" 216 cms	58 3⁄8" 148.3 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	41 1⁄4" 104.8 cms

Stock: 7740

"PETIT TRIANON CHEMINEE SALON COMPAGNIE"

A superbly carved Louis XVI antique fireplace in Fleur de Pecher, peach flower, marble with a delicately carved high relief floral centre plaque, high relief carved sunflowers on the frieze and side returns over intricately scrolled corbels with descending bellflowers on the jambs. French, late 18th century.

This antique cheminee is practically identical to that in the Salon Compagnie, Petit Trianon, Palais de Versailles - please view images below.

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	width	height	depth
external	72" 182.9 cms	46 1⁄2" 118.1 cms	12" 30.5 cms
internal	51 1⁄2" 130.8 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 13268

SIMPLY SPLENDID:
A magnificent and rare late 18th Century "Summer Grate".

This very important George III grate is fashioned in bright cut polished steel. It is a most generously large grate with very finely etched and engraved foliate and acanthus designs and applied beading, a skirt of lozenge cut paterae, vase shaped finials and chamfered etched legs very much in the Neo-classical style and clearly showing the influence of Robert Adam (1728-1792).

There is an identical grate in the V&A Museum, London which is believed to have been made in the late 18th century by an iron founder named Henry Jackson of Saffron Hill, Smithfield, a copy of his trade card is below.

This type of grate was called a dog grate but became more commonly known as a "Summer Grate" because the expensively etched front could be lifted off during the winter months, to protect it from damage when the fire was lit, thereby revealing behind the more simply etched second grate front. It would almost certainly have been specially commissioned to complement a grand chimneypiece.

There are two other known identical grates both in Spencer House, an 18th century mansion built in 1756-66 in St. James's, London.
English, Circa 1790.

SCALE: V. Large

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43" 109.2 cms	38" 96.5 cms	18" 45.7 cms

Stock: 13525

Carron of Falkirk:
A truly beautiful and grand bronze and cast iron Adam style firegrate, one of a series made by the Carron Foundry to the same design . With a beaded arched back radiating sunburst bars, elaborate Elysian scenes on the front and spandrels & slim tapering standards topped by elegant swagged urns above goats head masks. The fire basket with scooped radial bars, the pierced apron centred with a delicately embossed panel depicting a maiden with her pet lamb watched by an amorini. The Carron catalogue number and name, 'No. 8 Dog Stove' is cast into the back. Please see image below from page 16 of the Carron Catalogue Company – "Architects' Catalogue". This second Carron grate is identical in design, except for the panel on the frieze, to the polished steel and iron grate SNo 9181.
Scottish circa 1898/99.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37" 94 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	15" 38 cms
Back width	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 13517

THE DREAM OF JULIET

A rare and impressive Sarrancolin Opera Marble antique chimneypiece in the Baroque manner, the moulded bolection around the opening is centred by a flamboyantly scrolled cartouche flanked by a cushioned panelled frieze. The jambs with elaborately carved scrolled foliate decoration. The marble overmantel with it's high arched pediment holds a large round statuary marble panel depicting a beautiful young woman finely carved in the Renaissance manner and reminiscent of Shakespeare's Juliet and is signed F. Richard at the base.
English possibly French, circa 1900.

Notes: The Sarrancolin marble quarries are near the towns of Sarrancolin, Ilhet and Beyrede-Jumet in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in southwestern France. This chimneypiece has great presence.

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	width	height	depth
	80 11⁄16" 205 cms	88 5⁄8" 225 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms

Stock: 8895

A very fine English Regency six branch crystal waterfall chandelier the four tiers profusely hung with pendant and bead drops, each solid arm with vase shaped candle holders and hung with further bead and pendant drops.
English, circa 1825.

We have believe that this chandelier may have been designed by John Blades, as there is an almost identical design for a chandelier in the V&A archives.

Note: Very similar chandeliers can be seen in the Blue Room, of Castle Howard, and in the Drawing Room of Burton Agnes both in Yorkshire .

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	Width	Height
	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	48" 122 cms

Stock: 13323

A tall and beautifully carved Carrara Marble statue of Eiar, Goddess of Springtime and one of the Goddesses of The Four Seasons. She is standing on an octagonal plinth and is holding a tumbling festoon of flowers representing the abundance of Springtime. She may have come from the gardens of an English country estate. As found before restoration. English, mid to late 19th century.

Notes: The Four Seasons were depicted in mythology as the personification of nature in its different seasonal aspects. Theros (Summer), Phthinoporon (Autumn), and Cheimon (Winter) were the other three. They were said to guard the gates of Olympus, promoting the fertility of the earth and both presiding over and directing the stars and constellations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	65 5⁄8" 166.5 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 8168

A large and stately Baroque style antique chimneypiece in polished Belgian Blue Fossil Stone. The heavily moulded dentil shelf and corbelled frieze is supported
by a pair of generous fluted corbels above fluted jambs which rest on substantial footblocks. Belgian circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	91 11⁄16" 233 cms	69 11⁄16" 177 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms
Internal	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	53 1⁄2" 136 cms

Stock: 12911

A very fine extremely high quality polished nickel plated steel engraved Georgian style Register Grate with swagged and descending bellflowers hung from three medallions, the grate with stylised paterae and twin urn finials above a cut apron. A near pair with SNo 12910 now sold.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	49 13⁄16" 126.5 cms	44 7⁄8" 114 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 13461

A rare Reformed Gothic Chimneypiece carved in the richly coloured and veined Ashburton Marble mined from the Linhay Quarry in Devon, England close to the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton.

The chimneypiece is surmounted by a large stepped, corbelled shelf centred by a demi lune podium undercarved with Gothic detail. The formal stylised stiff foliage climbing the sturdy chamfered jambs, echoed around the arched opening and on the undercarving of the shelf, blossoms at the top under each shaped shelf into a more natutralistic Gothic display.
English, circa 1880.

Notes: In 1852 The Western Times, a Devon newspaper, reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon. The Linhay Quarry was still being mined into the late 20th century.

King Edward I's Stannary Charter of 1305 had established Tavistock, Ashburton and Chagford as Devon's Stannary Towns, they were where locally mined refined tin was assessed, coined, and sold.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
	64 5⁄8" 164 cms	58 11⁄16" 149 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms

Stock: 13572

'PLUM PUDDING'.
A rare Irish Gothic Revival Fossil chimneypiece of the Regency Period carved in reddish brown Armagh Marble. The deeply moulded shelf of this imposing chimneypiece has projecting podiums at either end above a frieze embellished with a series of carved diamond lozenges. The shelf is supported by a pair of hexagonal free standing fluted columns in front of wide sturdy jambs and all are resting on dual five sided footblocks.
Irish, circa 1820

Notes: Sir Charles Coote, of the Royal Dublin Society, wrote in his 'Statistical
Survey of the County of Armagh' published in 1804 "...as we approach the city of Armagh the soil, though still limestone, yet changes to a purple hue and now approaches a species of marble - fossils appear of a beautiful and excellent quality, the prevailing hue is a reddish brown which mineralogists call 'Plum Pudding'. Many of the chimneypieces in Armagh and for several miles around were made of this native marble". The designer of this chimneypiece seems to have taken inspiration from ancient Greek architecture and in stripping out all ornamentation pre-empted the Art Deco movement by more than 100 years.

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

	shelf width	height	depth
	77 3⁄16" 196 cms	59 11⁄16" 151.7 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms
	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	44 7⁄8" 114 cms

Stock: 13526

A rare Bronze Fountain Group attributed to David Rawnsley (1909- 1977).
Sculptor, Painter, Ceramicist, Film Art Director & Production Designer.

A delightful, unique and beautifully sculpted Fountain of an entwined Mermaid & Merboy resting on rocks by the sea, both are twin tailed. The Merboy holds a large fish from whose mouth a water spout falls into the clam shell beneath. There is another water spout emanating from the abalone shell held above his head. The Mermaid is holding the clam shell in which lies a large starfish. A crab, a lobster and an octopus are climbing the rock beneath and nearby are limpets and coral.

Mermaids & Merboys are legendary figures appearing throughout the centuries in the folklore of many cultures and traditionally could symbolise either danger or good fortune. This pair are of course beneficent. English, circa 1960.

Notes: David Rawnsley was in his own words 'a jack of all trades'. Initially trained as an architect and engineer he entered the film industry in his early twenties as an art director & production designer. Film credits include: 49th Parallel, One of Our Aircraft is Missing, They Flew Alone and In Which We Serve. In the 40's and 50's he started up a series of potteries. The first in Paris was followed by the famous Chelsea Pottery in London in 1952 and later by one in the Bahamas and another in Mexico. His sister Una Hanbury (1904 – 1990) was a renowned Washington sculptor of horses and Rawnsley himself became an acknowledged artist and sculptor. His parents had settled the Rawnsley family on the Isle of Capri in the 1920's and in later years he set up a studio there. During a short visit in 1977 he died of a heart attack and he is buried on the Island. One of his last bronze sculptures, that of a young maiden made in 1972, is mounted on his grave.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28" 71 cms	69 1⁄2" 176.5 cms	25 5⁄8" 65 cms

Stock: 13497

A large pair of highly ornate, cast iron and silver plated bronze andirons in the Baroque style with pineapple finials above elaborate urn stems supported on scrolled shouldered legs centred by female masks above sturdy lion paw feet. Late 19th century possibly French.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 13395

A rare and unusual Art Nouveau polished cast iron chimneypiece very much in the
manner of the Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928).

This chimneypiece is identical to and made in the same series as our chimneypiece SNo 12624 now sold, but without the original woodgrain finish. It was built in two sections in the early 1900s by Wilson & Mathieson at their ironworks 'The Scotch Foundry' in Leeds. The foundry marks, Rd No. 393149, Design No. 100, can be seen on the back of the plaque please see image below

The two gently arched mirrors on the overmantle are framed by three pairs of tall lotus topped trees themselves framing three further tall slender stylised trees.
The frieze of the fire surround has an elaborately designed inset central plaque depicting a romantic landscape with a sickle moon rising over a distant mountain range, a north star, and a symbolic river entwining the trees. A bluebird, butterfly and dragonfly are in flight above a lake which is gently lapping against a shore in the foreground. Peering over the mountains to the right is the sleepy face of a setting sun. The plaque is framed by three Tulip Trees, there are two further trees set within niches on the frieze on either side and yet two more very tall variations on the tapering jambs.


English circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 1⁄4" 181 cms	86 5⁄8" 220 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	40" 101.5 cms

Stock: 13397

A small 19th century Carrara Marble Chimneypiece Mantel in the Italian Renaissance Manner richly carved in high relief, together with it’s original cast iron insert.The frieze, centred by a merman and mermaid flanking an elaborate strapwork cartouche, depicts a pair of birds set amongst scrolling fruits and flowers symbolising Peace and Abundance. The endblocks with tall garlanded cartouche above extraordinary tripedalism satyr grotesques holding beaded garlands in their mouths perched on elaborately carved and fluted jambs, and with an enriched linked acanthus border around the opening.
Italian, late 19th century.
Shown with a pair of Satyr Andirons SNo 7645 not included in the price.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63 3⁄16" 160.5 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
	44 7⁄8" 114 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 11176

THE CUPID VENDOR:
A substantial caryatid English Regency antique fireplace surround in the Greek Revival manner richly carved in white statuary marble. The wide moulded shelf above the frieze centred by a tablet carved in relief of The Cupid Vendor a possible Pompeian scene of a noblewoman with maidservant consulting an academic or mystic. The frieze is flanked by ribboned and tied flowering cornucopia. The projecting endblocks carved with delicately pierced round floral paterae supported by figures of vestal maiden on the jambs. Each of the standing figures is classically attired bearing incense burners and are raised on triple block footblocks. English circa 1805.

Notes: In the manner of Sir Richard Westmacott Jr, Sculptor, Royal Academy (1775 – 1856) and very similar to the chimneypiece in The Dining Room at 18, later 19 Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, London W1- image below. This great house was designed and built around 1728 by Edward Shepherd, the proprietor of Shepherds Market off Curzon Street also in Mayfair and was sold in 1730 to the 7th Earl of Thanet. The 8th Earl employed Robert Adam in 1765 to renovate the Georgian interior and further renovation in the Adam Revival manner was carried out in 1880 by Frederick Arthur of Motcomb Street, Belgravia.

The house was demolished in 1933 & the last owner Lady Beecham, wife of Sir Thomas Beecham the conductor, removed the Chimneypieces to Clopton House in Warwickshire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78 7⁄8" 200.5 cms	51 3⁄8" 130.5 cms	14" 35.5 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 11963

A large and richly carved French Louis XV cheminee. In profusely figured Breche Violette marble the substantial serpentine shelf is supported on the panelled frieze centred with a high relief carved floral shell cartouche, supported on panelled jambs. French, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms
Internal	53 7⁄8" 137 cms	38" 96.5 cms

Stock: 13449

A beautiful and rare Thomas Jeckyll cast iron Stove Front made by the East Anglian Ironworks Company Barnard, Bishop and Barnards (1826-1955).

One of a series of decorative fronts that Jeckyll designed for Barnards for their very popular Slow Combustion Stoves. In this case Jeckyll adapted designs he had created for the 'Thomas Jeckyll Pavilion' which was exhibited at The Philadelphia Centenial Exposition in 1876.

Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881) was a 19th century Aesthetic Movement architect and designer and one of the leading pioneers of the Anglo-Japanese design. He was responsible for some of the most innovative and evocative Aesthetic Movement interiors of his day most notably the 1876 restoration and redecoration of 49 Prince’s Gate, London, the home of shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland.

Although he was a successful architect, Jeckyll is best remembered today for his ground breaking designs in metalwork and it was his exhibition pieces for Barnard, Bishop & Barnards that brought him his greatest renown and set in motion the 19th-century wrought iron revival in Great Britain. He was one of the few figures in the design reform movement in Britain who successfully united beauty and utility.

This stove would have been sold complete with a matching fender and ash tray, please see Barnard's advertisement below.
English Circa 1878.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	39" 99 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms
Internal	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms

Stock: 9902

A tall and impressive Italian Palazzo chimneypiece in the Renaissance manner richly carved in high relief statuary marble. The frieze of this grand fireplace mantel centred with a cameo nobleman's profile flanked by griffins and scrolling foliate decoration, the jambs with panels of urns, fruit & vines and carved capitals.
Italian, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	91 1⁄8" 231.4 cms	72 3⁄16" 183.5 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.4 cms
Internal	65 11⁄16" 167 cms	54" 137.2 cms

Stock: 10667

A grand and imposing 19th century marble antique chimneypiece mantel in the Palladian manner. The substantial white statuary marble shelf over a barrel frieze in Verde Tinos marble inlaid with a Statuary and Sienna marble guilloche pattern centred and flanked by three high relief carved Siena marble Roman lion masks supported on massive " C " scrolled brackets above strapwork decoration on the jambs. Italian, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	85 13⁄16" 218 cms	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	15" 38.1 cms
Internal	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms

Stock: 11565

An exceptional and rare period Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece mantel in Fior di Pesco Apuano marble. The serpentine shelf and frieze is centred by a richly carved clam shell and foliate cartouche, flanked by deeply moulded panels, c-scrolls and generously carved shield ends supported on stop fluted scrolling console jambs, enriched with fish scales and clam shell detail. French, 18th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	75 3⁄16" 191 cms	48 5⁄8" 123.5 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms

Stock: 9807

A RARE, PERIOD VENETIAN RENAISSANCE CHIMNEYPIECE richly carved in Istrian stone. The carved detail on the frieze centered by a 'stemma nobilare' or family crest as yet not identified, flanked by a profusion of sharply defined scrolled foliage, urns of fruit and winged birds symbolising Peace and Abundance. The upper part sits on two typical scrolled Venetian capitals and the supporting jambs are carved with flaming urns over ears of wheat on their leaved stalks in tall planters below.
Italian 16th to 17th century. Photo before restoration.

COMMENTS : Renaissance Venice, The Lion City, The Floating Republic, imperial Venice where commerce ruled, which challenged the Pope and Islam but absorbed qualities from both. The city of Titian and Palladio.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	90" 228.5 cms	72" 182.9 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Internal	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	56" 142.2 cms

Stock: 11022

A large antique terracotta campana urn, possibly by Blashfield, decorated in the Greek Revival manner after Bertel Thorvaldsen and Thomas Hope. Frieze features under the anthemion motif beneath the rim show various figures of flower and fruit maidens, minstrels and an angel typical of Ancient Greek inspiration, the handles are butted by the heads of river deities. English, early 19th century.

Notes: Although not stamped the texture of the clay & the design is very similar to the work produced by J M Blashfield." There was an identical urn sold at a Sotheby's Sale on 21 Sept 1999.

Weight: 110 kg.

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	Diameter	Height	Base W & H
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms

Stock: 11098

A strikingly grand Louis XV Rococo antique fireplace mantel in pale green ribboned Campan marble. Unusually tall for a French chimneypiece, the generous and fine carving in high relief under the large serpentine shelf features an ornate floral shell central cartouche with lower scrolling, flanked by inset panels and large "C" scrolled endblockings with ribbed concave shells supported on further scrolled canted jambs. Provenance: Pall Mall, in the borough of Westminster in London. French mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	67 7⁄8" 172.5 cms	46 13⁄16" 118.9 cms	20 13⁄16" 52.9 cms
Internal	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	37 11⁄16" 95.8 cms

Stock: 13365

A very fine rare and grand polished iron Fire Grate of generous proportions, with column and horizontal bars on the bow fronted grate flanked by tall standards supported on quadrupled feet. These baluster and ball feet were a feature of grates made in the mid to late18th century.
English mid to late18th century.

Notes: There was a near identical fire grate in the dining room of Wilton House, Wiltshire as illustrated in “The English Fireplace” by L A Shuffrey, Plate CXI.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Back Width	24" 61 cms

Stock: 11558

A large Louis XV period Rococo fireplace mantel in Sarrancolin marble, the serpentine contoured shelf over a scrolled shell central cartouche flanked by the panelled frieze terminating in canted endblocks descending on further carved and fluted jambs. French, mid 18th century.

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	width	height	depth
	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
	56 1⁄8" 142.5 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms

Stock: 8864

A very grand Italian Renaissance style antique fireplace mantel in white Statuary Marble. The stepped shelf, edged with richly carved lambs tongue detail over an egg and dart border, sits above a very fine frieze which is made from one block and carved in high relief with linked palmette motifs supported by scrolled acanthus brackets resting above intricately carved panelled jambs.
Italian, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	83 1⁄2" 212 cms	71 11⁄16" 182 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Internal	57 1⁄2" 146 cms	57 1⁄8" 145 cms

Stock: 13193

GENEROUS AND GRAND:
A very fine giant of a grate, in the early Georgian style, fashioned in polished steel and cast iron, it's breadth and depth speaking of strength and presence. The large basket with a pair of stylised polished steel finials is fronted by a cut steel serpentine apron centred by a boar's head amid scrolling floral motifs supported on either side by a pair of tall standards with elongated polished steel urn finials above simple column legs.
English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
overall dimensions	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms
back width	24" 61 cms

Stock: 12987

BAROQUE GRANDEUR. A huge cast iron firegrate in the Italian Baroque manner with a shaped, scrolled and semi-hooded backplate, three heavy curved front bars flanked by scrolled finials and fronted by a pair of massive elaborate baluster andirons. English early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	36" 91.5 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms
Back width	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 9889

Arts & Crafts:
A unique and elegant Arts and Crafts bow fronted fire basket on a grand scale with a delicate pierced brass apron of floral motifs, a pair of tall slender andirons, the ball finials etched with stylised suns resting on brass ball and claw feet. Identical, except for the andirons, to one in the Great Chamber at Gilling Castle shown below in a late 19th century photo. English circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	28" 71 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 13209

A large cylindrical ornate antique French cast iron wood burning stove, with ornate cast decorative detail in the Renaissance manner, mounted on spoked wheels either side and a forward roller for ease of movement using the front mounted ebonised handle.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 13280

MYSTICAL MYTHICAL MAN: An exquisite Louis XV Cheminee, carved in high relief in veined ivory Pavonazzetto marble. The serpentine shelf over a shaped frieze with a finely defined large central shell cartouche, flanked by leafy adorned spandrels, the end blocks with carved effigys of the mythical Green Man with oak leaf beards above scrolled fielded jambs with tumbling acanthus leaf decoration and highly veined and intricately carved acanthus footblocks.
French, circa 1870s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms
Internal	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 12831

A 17th century Italian near life size white statuary marble sculpture head and wings of an angel carved in the Baroque manner of BERNINI, the 17th century Italian Sculptor, with the initials CB on the back of a wing. Italian, 17th century.

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	width	height	deoth
	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 10044

A rare period George III cast iron & steel Fire grate, the
pierced apron flanked by urns, above bead and button frieze
and hexagonal tapered legs.
English 18th century with later restorations.

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	width	height	depth
External	36 1⁄2" 92.7 cms	33 5⁄8" 85.3 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 12582

A rare Martinware saltglaze ceramic fireplace surround by Robert Wallace Martin of the renowned 19th century Fulham Pottery Martin Brothers (1873 to 1923). The pottery later moved to Havelock Road in Southall, London.

This example, dated 1881, features nine architectural panels, incised with scrolling flowers and foliage panels containing serpents, dragons and mythical beasts, panels of oak leaf and acorns. The sides with further incised panels of scrolling foliage with birds and squirrels, glazed ochre, brown and blue, other marks, impressed mark to bottom right corner.

Notes: The four Martin Brothers, Wallace, Walter, Charles and Edwin, produced a distinctive type of stoneware pottery, called Martinware, from the 1870s through to the First World War, with a little work being produced through to 1923 when their pottery closed.
Robert Wallace Martin, the eldest brother, had worked for a while for the architectural sculptor J. B. Phillips of Vauxhall Bridge Road, and later took drawing classes at the nearby Lambeth School of Art.


Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	48" 122 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	40 5⁄8" 103 cms