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Stock: 15452

A fine example of an early twentieth century time recorder clock in an oak case. The bevelled glass panel bears the words 'Manufactured By The National Time Recorder Co. (Patentees) London SE.' The clock face with Roman numerals is set within a carved wood frame and bears the name British Time Recorder Co. Ltd. 149 Farringdon Road, London EC. beneath which is a small metal plaque stating 'Overhauled by British Time Recorder Co. Ltd, 149 Farringdon Road, London EC1 Phone. Terminus 1451 and the Reg No 8129'. This Time Recorder is in full working order.
English, circa 1912.

Notes: Time Recorders like this one would have been used to record the times workers came in and out of their place of work. The National Time Recorder Co. Ltd (incorporated in 1917, company number 146424, though possibly founded around 10 years earlier in 1907) was one of the two largest UK manufacturers of time recorders in the UK. The head office and factory was originally based in Blackfriars London, and moved to the Lagoon Works in St Mary Cray (Orpington) Kent in 1951, on the site of the Blue Lagoon swimming pool which had been damaged during the war. Other branches were established in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. .

	Width	Height	Depth
	15 7⁄8" 40.3 cms	47" 119.5 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15447

A large and fine Regency polished steel and cast iron register grate with an ornate fruit and foliate mounted back panel set behind the turned barred grate. The gently arched opening framed by brass edged columns with bullseye paterae to the corners.
English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36" 91.5 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Internal	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

Stock: 15441

A Victorian black slate arched fireplace, painted with intertwining Ivy and white Jasmine. The symbolism of flowers was a popular theme in Victorian Britain, with flowers adopted as symbols across the decorative arts. The art of floriography as it was called, was used to convey messages through the language of flowers. Ivy for example, represented eternity, fidelity and friendship. White jasmine, purity and amiability.
Original hand painted decoration.
English, circa 1870.

Insert not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 13⁄16" 157 cms	43 11⁄16" 111.1 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
Internal	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms

Stock: 15448

A very smart polished steel Georgian register grate, with three bosses to the top within in bead edged panels, a finial mounted three barred grate and a pierced apron. English, circa 1790.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms

Stock: 15440

A Victorian black slate fireplace with corbels beneath a wide shelf. An abundant festoon of painted summer flowers adorns the frieze and more trail down each jamb. As with fireplace SNo 15441 the symbolism of flowers was a popular theme in Victorian Britain, with flowers adopted as symbols across the decorative arts. The art of floriography as it was called, was used to convey messages through the language of flowers.
English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 7⁄8" 157.3 cms	44 7⁄8" 114.1 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms

Stock: 14270

A fine quality 20th century cut glass five branch chandelier in the Georgian manner. The central baluster stem holds five swan neck branches which are is profusely hung with cut crystal drops.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 15449

A mid Victorian cast iron arched register grate, with an ornate backplate, a two barred bow fronted grate and fine foliate detail around the opening. English, circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	41 1⁄8" 104.5 cms	11" 28 cms
Internal	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 15436

A very fine and rare George III bronze register grate finely engraved with neoclassical motifs. Beneath the three barred serpentine grate is an elegant engraved apron of the same serpentine form.
Irish, circa 1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Front	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms
Back	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	39 3⁄16" 99.5 cms

Stock: 15428

A charming, Louis XVI style, grey marble and ormolu table lamp, raised on a shaped base and with a pair of bold ormolu satyr masks, with large sweeping horns, mounted on the shoulders. French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Lamp and Shade	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms
Lamp only	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 14971

A large grand gilt bronze clock garniture in the Louis XVI style. The clock, with an 8 day striking movement that strikes on the half and the full hour and with it's original pendulum and key, is set in an ornate gilt bronze case mounted on its original giltwood base, which is a rare survival. The convex porcelain dial with cobalt blue Roman hours and black Arabic minutes, fine gilt hands, ringed lion masks and a bevelled convex glass door is topped by an ornate lidded urn with an acorn finial. The pair of tall five branch candelabra with further ringed lion masks also retain their original giltwood bases.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms	27" 68.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15419

An English Regency Welsh heather slate, aubergine hued, almost black bullseye chimneypiece. The moulded shelf rests above a reeded frieze which is centred by a plain rectangluar panel flanked by bullseye endblocks above reeded, panelled jambs supported on sturdy footblocks. English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 1⁄4" 155.7 cms	43 7⁄8" 111.6 cms	7 13⁄16" 19.7 cms
Internal	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 10413

A late William IV mahogany armchair with turned spindle uprights to the back, and upholstered cushion and armrests. Photos before restoration.
English, circa 1835.

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	width	height	depth
	26" 66 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms

Stock: 4196

A pair of small decorative, Statuary marble Regency carved ionic capitals with their original patina. a/f English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	10" 25.5 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms

Stock: 15178

An elegant Louis XVI style fireplace surround, finely carved in Arabascato marble. The fluted frieze, beneath the moulded shelf, with a central floral garland panel is flanked by round rosette paterae on the endblocks. The fluted volute jambs topped by tumbling floral festoons and scrolled feet supported on sturdy footblocks. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 1⁄4" 181 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.4 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	36 7⁄8" 93.8 cms

Stock: 11945

A very fine 20th century crystal and brass four light chandelier in the English Regency manner profusely hung throughout with cut glass drops, spears and beads. The central reeded column stem, descending from the ornate corona and terminating with a small glass orb, supports four scrolled branches with upturned bell shaped glass candle pans around the rosette adorned brass rim which is surmounted by scrolled floral brackets.
English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms

Stock: 13074

An early 20th century gilt metal and crystal glass three branch with a foliate corona from which hang multiple crystal bead swags linked to the brass ring which supports the three scrolled arms and drop bead and spear candle holder. Wired for electricity.
English early 20th century.

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	Drop	Diameter
	35" 89 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 11449

A massive sculpture of a Buddhist Deity carved in teak in the form of a mask head surmounted by a small carving of Ganesh. It is believed to be a representation of a Buddhist Door Guardian such sculptures would have been placed at an entrance or doorway of a building, a temple or home, to ward off evil. This sculpture is carved in six separate sections and is a splendid example of such works of art. He came to us from a large restaurant in East London.
Indian, 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	78 11⁄16" 200 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 15387

A Baroque Dutch style iron & bronze large, three barred firegrate. The grate is surmounted by a pair of small bronze globe finials. The whole is supported to the front by tall bulbous bronze baluster andirons in ornate feet centred by lion masks with rings in their mouths. The plain bronze apron can be drawn out to reveal a tray for ashes.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	39" 99 cms	28" 71 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back panel	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15322

A large cast iron and brass mounted Gothic Revival firegrate in the manner of A W N Pugin. The high, trefoil backplate, centred by a plain cartouche above an arch, has sides swooping down to the low two barred grate. A pair of upright seated, brass lions mounted on spiral podiums and holding simple, escutcheon shaped shields, form the integral andirons raised on large peg feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 9309

A late Victorian rocking horse with embossed thistle badge to the stand possibly that of the rocking horse makers G & J LInes of London. Unrestored and in need of loving attention a/f.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	53 7⁄8" 137 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15429

A large and imposing Statuary and Connemara marble Neoclassical style chimneypiece very much in the Palladian manner of Isaac Ware. The wide stepped shelf rests above a band of substantial dentil carving, beneath which lies a Connemara marble frieze centred with a large statuary marble tablet depicting playful cherubs riding an eagle, the tablet is flanked by bold statuary carvings of mythical dragons. The paterae endblocks sit above plain, tapering Connemara columns on the jambs.
English, circa 1890.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 14151 not included.

The Palladian style was named after the Venetian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) whose work and ideas were based on the symmetry and perspective of the formal classical temple architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. His work hugely influenced European architecture from the early 17th century to the present day.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 1⁄2" 186.6 cms	58 1⁄4" 148 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 15315

A fine early Victorian, rosewood library table in the manner of the architect and designer Richard Bridgens(1785-1846).

The finely figured top, with a moulded edge above a framed carved baton and disc frieze and square paterae on each corner, is edged beneath with linked rows of pierced roundels. The table is supported on ornately carved baluster legs with sturdy splayed feet raised on brass castors and linked by a turned stretcher.
English, circa 1840.

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	width	height	depth
	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	31 1⁄4" 79.6 cms	27 3⁄16" 69.2 cms

Stock: 15425

A pair of tall, highly ornate Victorian alabaster urns. Each adorned with fruiting vines on the handles reminiscent of classical wine vessels They could also be used as candle holders.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	26" 66 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 15030

A Louis XV style antique cast iron fireplace insert. French, 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms
Internal	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 14960

A pair of twin branch polished brass wall lights in the Baroque style with baluster stems and leaf clad scrolling arms. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 8094

A good Louis XVI carved giltwood and oak overmantel trumeau mirror with arrow and quiver, torch, floral and ribbon trophy decoration.
French 19th century, possibly earlier.

(photo before restoration).

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	width	height
	59 1⁄2" 151.1 cms	78" 198.1 cms

Stock: 15426

A large Victorian fine mahogany breakfront bookcase and secretaire. The upper part has four compartments, the doors of which are glazed with their original plate glass revealing the adjustable shelving within, The doors themselves have ornate scrolls and leaf detail in the corners of the frames. The lower section divides into three parts. The central two door cupboard, bearing the same ornate scroll detail, is flanked by a pair of further plate glass glazed doors with ornate scroll detail.

Above the cupboard is a drawer like panel, with ebony inlaid pearl handles, which folds down to reveal the leather topped secretaire desk with six small drawers beneath a row of cubby holes.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	79 1⁄8" 201 cms	90 3⁄16" 229 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 10719

A Renaissance stone door casement, carved in dark grey Pietra Serena stone. The elegant overdoor takes the form of a concave scallop shell, a motif derived from Roman sarcophagi, which later became a Christian symbol of rebirth, resurrection and pilgrimage. This suggests that the doorway was perhaps an entrance to a place of worship. Beneath this, stylised dolphins are carved nose to tail, undulating across the now weathered surface, worn after centuries of exposure to the elements. Supporting this are carved capitals and jambs decorated with urns and foliate details.

Northern/Central Italian, possibly Florentine. A very similar door is on display in the Victorian and Albert Museum's Renaissance Gallery.

Restoration not possible.

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	width	height	depth
	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	150 13⁄16" 383 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	86 13⁄16" 220.5 cms

Stock: 6593

The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.

A very rare, gently concave Portland Stone fireplace designed by Robert Adam and carved by the renowned Dutch stonemason Pieter Mathias van Gelder.

A moulded shelf rests above a simple frieze centred by a panel carved in relief with a floor standing globe flanked by opposing sphinxes. The endblocks, with carved lyres and husk swags, sit above fern frond corbels terminating in festooned bucrane on fielded panel jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
English, circa 1790.

Dalquharran Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, is regarded as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s Castle Style. His castles were unique in the respect that whilst the outside embodied the robustness associated with a castle, the inside was the embodiment of his restrained and delicate classical style. Dalquharran Castle was created for Thomas Kennedy of Dunure but is sadly now a ruin after the roof was removed in 1967 to avoid paying rates.

The chimneypiece was originally installed in the round tower library of the Castle and epitomised Adam's classical elegance. The last image below shows it in situ in the ruins of the library. It is exceptionally rare to find such a piece and made even more remarkable as it survived virtually undamaged. There is a similarly fine chimneypiece at Seton Castle, Adam’s final project in Scotland.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78" 198.2 cms	58 13⁄16" 149.3 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Internal	47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms

Stock: 15414

A large Victorian carved mahogany overmantel mirror in the Neoclassical manner. The stepped top rests above a band of alternating bosses and fluting flanked by stylised corinthian topped flutted columns. The bevelled glass is enhanced by a most attractive frame of etched and cut foliate detail.

English, circa 1880.

Provenance.

Removed from the Greyhound pub, Fulham palace road, London. The Greyhound was a famous music venue in the 1970s and 80s, it played host to bands such as, Status Que, Uriah heep, Average white band, Thin lizzy, the Stranglers and the Jam, plus many others. It also featured punk music in the late 1970s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	68 7⁄8" 175 cms	55 1⁄8" 140 cms	6 7⁄8" 17.5 cms

Stock: 15169

A very large early 19th century Georgian copper copper with riveted studs holding the panels and a flanged top. Can be used as a log bin or jardiniere.
English, circa 1815 .

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	Diameter	Height
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 9862

A pair of George III carved pine chimneypiece jambs. The garlanded figures are of Bacchus, God of the Grape Harvest, who enjoyed, riotous ,Bacchanalian celebrations, and Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture specifically the cultivation of wheat, grains and corn. Appropriately, abundant, trailing festoons of grapes on one and wheat and grains on the other, descend the tapering, volute columns. Photos before restoration.
English, circa 1810.

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	width	height	depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 15416

An elegant and large Bolection fire surround in warm, cream coloured Italian Travertine with evidence of sedimentary deposits, the outer moulding sweeping in to a cushioned frame around the wide opening.
English, or possibly Italian, early 20th century.

Travertine is a sedimentary form of limestone usually deposited by mineral springs. The Italian quarry of Guidonia Montecello was one of the quarries chosen by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the building of the famous Colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Rome in 1656–1667 and Michelangelo also chose Travertine as the material for the external ribs of the dome of St Peter's Basilica.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	63 7⁄8" 162.4 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	3 1⁄2" 9 cms
Internal	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 15347

A very large Victorian copper, log bin or jardiniere the panels reinforced with rows of studs.
English circa 1870.

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	Diameter	Height
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15420

A small late Regency black slate chimneypiece. The moulded shelf above a reeded frieze centred by a foliate panel flanked by large acanthus corbels on reeded, panelled jambs supported on plain footblocks.
English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 1⁄8" 142.5 cms	43 11⁄16" 111.1 cms	9" 22.8 cms
Internal	33 7⁄8" 86.2 cms	36" 91.5 cms