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Stock: 15366

A companion set of French Empire style copper tool rests and fire tools. The squared tops of the tool rests with profiles of noblemen framed in laurel wreaths, above reeded columns and fleur de lys, are supported on scrolled, splayed feet.The ornate fire tools, consisting of a poker, a pair of tongs and a pierced shovel, all with ringed finial handles.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Tools	7" 17.8 cms	33" 83.7 cms	1 1⁄2" 3.7 cms
Tool rests	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15305

A decorative Edwardian brass and iron insert with eleven repousse brass panels depicting scenes from the Mughal Era. The opening is framed by studded bands. English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Without wooden frame	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	40" 101.7 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms
Internal	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms

Stock: 15356

A George III style brass fireplace fender with an ornately pierced and engraved palmette frieze, with alternating floral and lozenge motifs amid scrolling acanthus leaves, surmounted by a lidded urn finials on the corners. English, early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 4841

A pair of small and rare Pietra Dura panels. Each finely made panel is a depiction of a flamboyant cavaliere in 16th century dress on green, white and black marble backgrounds. Pietra Dura is a term for the technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. Lapis Lazuli was frequently used as seen here in the sleeves, cloak and feathers worn by the cavaliere. The art was developed during the Florentine Renaissance and was often called ‘painting in stone’. It is a most difficult skill to do well and requires expertise in the arts of sculpture, inlay, and mosaic.
Italian, circa 1910.

The panels are in their original gilded, wooden frames but unfortunately the gilding has been painted over in such a way as to make it very difficult to remove. Please see the last image, One solution would be to cover the paint with lacquer which would greatly improve their appearance. Photographs before restoration.

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	Width	Height
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 11414

A charming pair, one of two pairs, of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11413.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 11413

One of two pairs of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11414.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 13433

A finely carved, silvered pine and gesso headboard or overdoor panel. in the English Regency manner. Shaped in the stele style with scrolling shoulders and surmounted by a pierced akroter crest. It is centred by a floral and foliate decorated oval set amid rosette and leaf spay motifs. English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	66 7⁄8" 170 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 11271

A pair of small stone 16th century style heads, one perhaps representing an Ottoman figure, the other wearing a Tudor bonnet associated with academic tradition, and worn by Thomas Cromwell. They may have once been mounted on the walls of a manor house. There is damage to the back of the scholar's head. English, late 18th century or later.

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	width	height
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15393

A limestone architectural capital with acanthus and scrolled carving in the Neoclassical manner. English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	10" 25.5 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 7444

A fine limestone Baroque style chimneypiece with a boldly carved central cartouche on the panelled frieze flanked by acanthus style detail on the endblocks above tapering panelled jambs.
French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	61" 154.9 cms	43 1⁄4" 109.9 cms	11" 27.9 cms
Internal	42 13⁄16" 108.6 cms	33" 83.8 cms

Stock: 12744

A pair of architectural Portland Stone c scroll corbels. English, 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 12736

A large, aluminium Edwardian mounted wall sign in the shape of a powerful, rearing horse. Reclaimed from a West Country public house possibly called The White Horse Inn.
English, early 20th century.

Please note the tail is missing a/f

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	width	height	depth
	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 8205

A very large Baroque style canopy with hanging velvet drapes, with applied decorative detail, and edged with beaded, tasseled fringes. Possibly once the adornment of a large bed.
English, dated Dec 1929.

Some wear commensurate with age a/f.

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	width	height	depth
	72" 182.9 cms	48" 121.9 cms	18" 45.7 cms

Stock: 11923

A rare set of Irish mahogany and gilt brass mounted, George III mechanical peat bellows. The winding wheel with baluster handle, the cylindrical casing with studded sheet brass cover and sheet brass spout, the base plate with hanging loop.
Irish, late 18th century.

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	length	height	depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 15288

A fine green and black Majolica pedestal made by the Sarreguemines Pottery which took its name from the town of Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France in which it was based. From the earliest years their designs followed the most avant-guard styles and fashions. The Orientalist trends which were strong during the Romanticist years from 1830 to 1840 were followed by the Japanese styles, evident in this piece, which spread widely throughout Europe between 1860 and 1900. The Sarreguemines name is stamped on the inside of the pedestal. Photos before restoration.
French, circa 1890.

Notes: The Sarreguemines Pottery was established around 1790 by Nicholas-Henri and Paul-Augustin Jacobi and their partner Joseph Fabry. In 1800 Paul Utzschneider took over the management and it was from that time that the company became famous for its Majolica work and made the town of Sarreguemines into one of the most important centers for ceramics in Europe. It was responsible for supplying many of the tiles used to construct the Paris Metro. The Company ceased production in 2007 and the firm was subsequently liquidated.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	39 7⁄8" 101.4 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 14348

A large cast iron garden planter, with raised Baroque motifs to the sides. Originally once a Victorian water tank. Un-restored. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	34" 86.3 cms	22" 55.8 cms	14 1⁄2" 36.8 cms

Stock: 13641

A pair of beautiful, heavy bronze, tapering pilasters of female warriors with dragon crested helmets, ornate breast plates, and draped robes terminating in clawed feet. They are most probably depictions of Athena the Greek Goddess of warfare but also of wisdom, courage, justice, strength and the arts, and are possibly by the French sculptor Provin Serres(1840 - ).
French, circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	8 13⁄16" 22.3 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	5" 12.7 cms

Stock: 12543

An Aesthetic Movement oak overmantel mirror elegant in its simplicity. With carved foliate detail and florally carved bosses on the oak frame the mirror is flanked by a pair of ebonised columns. The Aesthetic Movement, of the late nineteenth century, focused on pure beauty and 'art for art's sake' with an emphasis on the visual qualities of art and design over practical, moral or narrative considerations.
English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	64 5⁄8" 164 cms	72" 183 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 13006

An Edwardian, near pair of large oak wall brackets each with three carved, reversed games birds, possibly stylised partridge, above bunched nuts in a bed of leaves.
Early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 cms

Stock: 9236

A large Baroque style, five panel painted leather screen with romantic, elysian scenes set in foreign lands in the manner of Jean Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Each ecran, leaf painted with a gilt scroll reserved panel of figures in monochrome over profuse foliage with further land and seascape panels below.( Photo before restoration, cleaning and revival of paintings.
French 19th century.

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	Width	Height
Each Panel	24" 61 cms	77" 195.7 cms

Stock: 14907

A Regency style three candle, brass hall lantern. The three glass panels, held by twin galleries with Greeks Key detail. The whole is suspended from a bell shaped fitment by three curved arms with stele crests.
English, late 20th century.

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	width	drop
	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 15391

A near pair of ornamental statuary marble ionic capitals with scrolled shell cartouche in the Georgian style. Probably once part of the columns on a fireplace surround.
English, circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Left	11" 28 cms	5 3⁄8" 13.6 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms
Right	11" 28 cms	5 13⁄16" 14.8 cms

Stock: 14965

A pair of Georgian painted chairs in their original paint with fitted squab cushions made from Mallorquin ticking. The seats have been re-caned.
English, circa 1780 (George III).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 7⁄8" 50.5 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12601

A small, early 20th century figurine composed of pressed steel parts, of a Knight of St John in full armour with a paper label to the base for C Galdies Valletta. Based on the full sized suits of armour in the Grand Master's Palace in the centre of the old walled city of Valletta. Malta, early 20th century.

Notes: The Knights of St John were of the order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and were an early Catholic military order. They were based in Jerusalem until 1291, on the island of Rhodes from 1310 until 1522, in Malta from 1530 until 1798 and at Saint Petersburg from 1799 until 1801.

	Width	Height	Depth
	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 15385

An attractive, arched Rococo style, giltwood wall mirror possibly an overmantel. The frame is surmounted by an ornate shell cartouche upon a bed of flowers and trailing acanthus leaves.
English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 15140

A small cut glass, ormolu late Victorian ceiling light suspended by four chains from a stylised crown fitment. The sixteen bevelled main glass panels are held by a circular, ribbon tied ormolu corona mounted with four cherubic heads from which descend ornate, foliate clasps. French/Belgian circa 1900.

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	Diameter	Drop
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 14795

A small late 20th century Georgian style brass hall lantern. The cylindrical, bevelled glass is held within a brass cage suspended from four shaped arms.and a reverse bell fitment.
English, 20th century.

Identical to SNo 14792,14793 & 14794.

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	Diameter	Drop
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 14794

A small late 20th century Georgian style brass hall lantern. The cylindrical, bevelled glass is held within a brass cage suspended from four shaped arms.and a reverse bell fitment.
English, 20th century.

Identical to SNo 14792,14793 14795.

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	Diameter	Drop
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 14793

A small late 20th century brass hall lantern in the Georgian manner. The cylindrical, bevelled glass is held within a brass cage suspended from four shaped arms.and a reverse bell fitment. English, 20th century.

Identical to SNo 14792, 14794 & 14795

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	Diameter	Drop
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 14792

A small late 20th century brass hall lantern in the Georgian manner. The cylindrical, bevelled glass is held within a brass cage suspended from four shaped arms.and a reverse bell fitment.
English, 20th century.

Identical to SNo 14793, 14794 & 14795.

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	Diameter	Drop
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 11140

A pair of ornamental Statuary marble collars or plinths in the Jacobean style with strapwork and lozenge carving. Probably once part of a pair of chimneypiece columns.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms

Stock: 9235

A large four panelled, embossed leather Spanish room screen screen in the Baroque manner. The leather panels are richly embossed with fruit, foliage & scrolls highlighted in gilt & polychrome reminiscent of the Damascene motifs.
Condition commensurate with age and use.
Spanish, 18th century.

The leather panels could be removed to make 8 attractive, matching wall decorations.

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	each panel	height	depth
	26 5⁄8" 67.5 cms	78 3⁄8" 199.2 cms

Stock: 7159

A pair of charming Georgian parcel-gilt female terms or caryatids, mounted above tapering shafts with carved anthemion decoration. Possibly once part of a fireplace or equally they may have been a wall decoration framing a doorway in a salon.
English, circa 1770.

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	Width	Height
	9" 22.9 cms	72" 182.9 cms

Stock: 4037

A large lower part of an ocean clam shell. Clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks and are mostly found in shallow coral reefs in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. Circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal

Stock: 14928

An elegant, patinated brass five branch chandelier in the Baroque manner. The scrolled arms, which support the candle holders, emanate from the bulbous stem which is hung from a ring and foliate fitment.
English, circa 1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	26" 66 cms