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Stock: 8663

A Georgian English Rococo firescreen in need of restoration.
Carved giltwood and gesso with decorative scrollwork, flowers and foliage
and a cut-plush tapestry panel stitched with birds and foliage.
Photo before restoration.

English late 18th century.

Link to: Antique Firescreens.

	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	48 13⁄16" 124 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 8980

A rare Italian Renaissance highly carved antique stone chimneypiece. The frieze with running acanthus and dentil decoration. The scrolled jambs, resting on paw feet are centred by lion masks holding ribboned festoons in their mouths.
Italian early 17th century. ( Photo before restoration and paint removal )

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

	width	height	depth
exterior	76" 193 cms	74" 188 cms	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms
interior	61 3⁄16" 155.5 cms	57 1⁄2" 146 cms

Stock: 12149

A pair of spectacular, large patinated bronze and iron andirons in the Louis XVI, Etruscan Revival manner. Napoleon annexed the Kingdom of Etruria in 1807. The large slender urn finials each shrouded with continuous full height separate delicate palmettes are topped with ball handles. Seated on tapering square shafts and descending into leaf fluted columns over large oval leaf shrouding and down to shaped pedestals, standing on wide elegantly scrolled bronze plinths with central shell and scrolled decoration.
French, early 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 12097

A carved statuary Louis XV style antique chimneypiece with a stylised shell central cartouche surrounded by foliage. The scrolled shell end blocks are supported on panelled jambs.
French, mid to late 19th century.

Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 1⁄4" 143 cms	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms
Internal	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms

Stock: 7340

A very large bolection fireplace surround in pink Scottish granite.
Scottish, circa 1930.

Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	68 1⁄2" 174 cms	58 1⁄4" 148 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms
Internal	48 3⁄8" 123 cms	48 3⁄8" 123 cms

Stock: 13611

An arched cast iorn fireback with a crown mounted above three fleur de lys surrounded by a roundel of shells, mythical beings and the letter 'L' repeated four times all probably associated with Louis XIV of France.
French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	24" 61 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 13672

An attractive large brass and japanned metal French fireplace insert with highly ornate embossed medieval style figures of a knight and lady on the bow-fronted doors flanked by twin brass panels of embossed leaf and foliate detail and within a Gothic fretwork frame beneath a triptych frieze depicting mythical beasts and shields. French late 19th century.

Link to: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	Width	Height	Depth
	43" 109.2 cms	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	6 5⁄8" 16.8 cms

Stock: 13627

A tall and stately rosewood and ebony chimneypiece and overmantle in the French Baroque manner. The overmantle mirror, framed with egg and dart & fleur de lys decoration, is set beneath a large cartouche centred with a monogrammed boss with the letters FF and is flanked by ebony lozenge detail and ribboned foliate festoons. The fireplace, with panels of foliate decoration on the frieze and endblocks, is supported by a pair of free standing, elaborately carved ebony columns fronting the jambs and framing the slow arched opening which is edged with egg and dart detail and further ribboned foliate festoons. French, mid to late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	101 3⁄8" 257.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms
Internal	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms

Stock: 13638

A tall carved antique walnut chimneypiece in the Italian Renaissance manner. The stepped shelf and pediment is set above a shallow frieze with a pair of mythical dragons either side of a central grotesque mask amid scrolling foliage, flanked by squared foliate endblocks and supported on a pair of elaborate Solomonic Columns.The elaborately carved double inner frieze has four panelled shell cartouche above a panel centred with a crowned, quartered shield guarded on either side by a further pair of mythical dragons. The opening is edged with a guilloche detail and the whole is raised on substantial carved footblocks. Provenance: Removed from a Theological College in Glasgow, Scotland.
Italian, late 19th century.

Shown here with a pair of Gothic style andirons SNo 13416 not included.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
External	76 3⁄8" 194 cms	81 1⁄2" 207 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms
Internal	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 13647

A cast iron late Regency Register Grate, with an integral firebasket, enhanced throughout with floral foliate detail the opening flanked by a pair of elaborately decorated foliate posts.
English early 19th century.

Link to: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	38" 96.5 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms

Stock: 13887

A pair of large and rather grand 20th century polished iron urn stands each with four large grotesque masks, the design of which can be found from earliest Greek, Roman, and Etruscan times and often found on keystones and shields throughout Europe. Possibly French or German mid to late 20th century.

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	width	height
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 13462

A small, elegant steel Register Grate decorated with finely etched neoclassical detail surrounding a typical three barred grate flanked by twin urn finials above a pierced apron.
English late 19th, early 20th century.

Link to: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
Internal	28" 71 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms

Stock: 13742

A grand and finely modelled life size bronze figure of a prowling tiger.
Powerful and Regal.
Probably 20th Century Japanese.

Weight: 90kg

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	length	height
	77 3⁄16" 196 cms	26 5⁄8" 67.5 cms

Stock: 13780

An attractive, strong and sturdy wrought and cast iron antique fireplace club fender in the Gothic style, with scrolled and fleur de lys detail and recently re-upholstered leather seats.

English late 19th century.

Link to: Antique Fenders, Firescreens and Nursery Guards

	Width	Height	Depth
	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms	24" 61 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 11618

A Regency, early Victorian Chimneypiece in veined Carrara marble. The carved Greek Revival acanthus leaf endblocks are separated by the plain panelled frieze over similarly plain panelled jambs. Shown here together with Insert 13706 not included in the price.
English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	72" 183 cms	47 1⁄2" 120.7 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	38" 96.5 cms	38" 96.5 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: 4351

A pair of rare stone roundels in the Renaissance manner, each with a carved head; one depicting Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith and amorist; the other depicts Giulio Romano (1499-1546), painter and architect, one of the creators of Mannerism, from 1515 until Raphael's death in 1520, his chief assistant.
Italian 19th century, circa 1850.

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	diameter	depth
	40" 101.6 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 13828

A pair of smart neoclassical style three branch brass wall lights each elegantly scrolled arm with bellflower tails supporting urn candle holders, the stems topped by swagged flambeau urns.
English, early to mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 12376

A pair of slim burnished iron andirons in the Neoclassical manner topped by urn finials with stars set in roundels on the plain shafts and supported on splayed scrolled feet.
English, late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 7478

A most attractive patinated bronzed cast-iron Baroque style figure of a small girl reminiscent of the illustration by Emile Bayard of the child Cosette from Victor Hugo's " Les Miserables". It was almost certainly made by the Coalbrookdale Foundry. There are holes in the base which point to it once being part of a larger piece and the figure of the girl is identical to the one depicted in the fourth image below of a Coalbrookdale fountain base which sold at Sothebys Billingshurst on 26th May 1987.

English, the Diamond Foundry mark on the base indicates1854 image five attached below.

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	width	height	depth
	13" 33 cms	33" 83.8 cms	9" 22.9 cms

Stock: 12815

A pair of fine bronze amorial gate post finials in the form of mythological goats with cloven hooves each holding elaborately scrolled cartouche with mounted sextupled shields bearing two heart gules ensigned with a royal crown, a rampant lion, three roses, and two rows of stars. The first quarter represents the arms of Douglas described as: Argent, a heart imperially crowned proper[i.e. gules, crowned gold] on a chief azure three mullets (stars) of the field. Sir James Douglas known as “the good” made the journey to the Holy Land while carrying the Heart of Robert the Bruce in the 13th century, perhaps this explains his family arms. Beneath this, is the arms of Dunbar, a rampant lion bordered by roses. Sir James was married in 1372 to Agnes Dunbar, daughter of Sir Patrick Dunbar. The top right quarter is believed to be the arms of the Fraser clan.

Mounted on temporary stone blocks.
Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	27 3⁄8" 69.5 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 13758

An arched cast iron fire back, depicting a courting couple in a rural setting.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 13661

A tall and boldly carved walnut trumeau fireplace surround in the Renaissance style. The high simple panelled trumeau has a large moulded cornice.The upper frieze, with a central cartouche flanked by floral scrolls, is set above the main frieze upon which is carved, in high relief, a fire breathing salamander the heraldic beast of Francois I of France and the symbol of survival. The jambs are fronted by a pair of stop fluted columns with ornate scrolled acanthus capitals.
French Mid 19th century. (Photo before final cleaning and polishing.)

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

	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 5⁄8" 159 cms	114 5⁄8" 291 cms	22" 56 cms
Internal	37" 94 cms	39" 99 cms

Stock: 12867

A pair of tall classical style cast iron fire dogs with tumbling floral decoration and flame topped urn finials. Full length backbars can be made if required.

English early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 10579

A set of tall polished steel Georgian style firetools consisting of a shovel, poker and tongs with knopped finials, the shovel with brass rivets.
English early to mid 19th century.

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		Height
		14 3⁄16" 36 cms

Stock: 13328

A pair of tall Louis XIV Baroque style copper and brass firedogs, with a pair of urn finials and bulbous wrythen stems above mythical lion masks flanked by sturdy curled feet.

French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 11829

One pair of three pairs, with SNos 11828 & 11826, of elaborately modelled terracotta wall sculptures depicting scrolled cartouche each with twin cornucopia from which tumble abundant fruits and flowers.

Provenance: Purportedly made by James Pulham & Son of Architectural Terra Cotta, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire for the former Crosse & Blackwell Pickle Warehouse in Charing Cross Rd, London. The fruits possibly representing the ingredients of their famous Branston & Piccalilli Pickles.
Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 11828

One pair of three pairs, with SNos 11829 & 11826, of elaborately carved terracotta wall sculptures depicting scrolled cartouche each with twin cornucopia from which tumble abundant fruits and flowers.

Provenance: Purportedly made by James Pulham & Son of Architectural Terra Cotta, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire for the former Crosse & Blackwell Pickle Warehouse in Charing Cross Rd, London. The fruits possibly representing the ingredients of their famous Branston & Piccalilli Pickles.
Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 11826

One pair of three pairs, with SNos 11828 & 11829, of elaborately carved terracotta wall sculptures depicting scrolled cartouche each with twin cornucopia from which tumble abundant fruits and flowers.

Provenance: Purportedly made by James Pulham & Son of Architectural Terra Cotta, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire for the former Crosse & Blackwell Pickle Warehouse in Charing Cross Rd, London. The fruits possibly representing the ingredients of their famous Branston & Piccalilli Pickles.
Early 20th century.

Link to: Antique, old vintage fountains, sculptures, garden furniture and statuary

	Width	Height	depth
	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 7445

A pair of small brass andirons or chenets embellished in the Rococo manner with trophies, grotesque masks and mythical beasts. French, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 13⁄16" 14.8 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms

Stock: 13241

A very decorative brass Art Nouveau hooded antique fireplace insert, embossed with typically styled ornate flowers and leaves. English, late 19th century.

Link to: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	39" 99 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
Internal	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms

Stock: 13648

A smart cast iron late Regency, early Victorian register grate ,with bowed grate bars complete with log spikes above a leaf enriched skirt, and embellished with a foliate framed shell cartouche to the centre flanked by wreaths and with entwined bars topped and tailed by acorn finials on each side panel.
English, circa 1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36" 91.5 cms	38" 96.6 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
Internal	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 13025

A large highly decorative and ornate 20th century French Baroque style lidded urn, cast in reconstituted stone (simulating white terracotta), after the original made by the Haganus Pottery in Sweden and featuring fruit and foliate swags, detailed floral decoration and a tapering lid with a pine cone finial.
English late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Diameter
	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms

Stock: 13629

A large marble plaque, or chimneypiece tablet, depicting the winged Nike, Greek Goddess of Victory, driving a chariot pulled by team of powerful horses. She is attended by a pair of winged cherubic attendants and a hunting dog can be seen running alongside the horses. English, late 19th century.

Notes: The Greek goddess Nike personified Victory. She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx and a close companion of Zeus. She took on the role of the divine charioteer and flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame, symbolized by a wreath of laurel leaves.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27" 68.5 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	2 3⁄16" 5.5 cms

Stock: 13608

A pair of cast iron fireplace panels, with foliate garlands and a basket of fruits held above by twin tailed mermaids
French mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Each Panel	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms	31" 78.8 cms	0 7⁄8" 2.2 cms