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Stock: 12297

An unusual pair of Nautical themed Andirons, very well detailed and textured, topped by Schooner rigged sailing ships, riding on foaming waves, the anchors entwined with stylised seaweed, with articulated back billet / log bars. Shown here with a swans nest grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms	19 13⁄16" 50.3 cms

Stock: 12134

A life size bronze of Don Quixote of La Mancha who with his squire, Sancho Panza was the inveterate tilter at windmills. He was the creation of the early 17th century author Miguel de Cervantes.
Sculptor: Fredy Balthazar Stoll(1869-1949).
Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 12251

A very grand antique Victorian log grate in the Jacobean Revival manner. Large, robust and stylish with enormous andirons,a bowed log basket and typical stylised Jacobean adornment. English mid 19th century.

Provenance: Southampton University, Hampshire, England. It is possible that this grate was originally from The Hartley Institution opened in 1862 and which in 1902 became the University College of Southampton. The Institute was demolished in 1936. Please see third image below.

Link to: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms

Stock: 11588

A very large Coalbrookdale cast iron hallstand, the elements cast in the form of tree branches and with the Coalbrookdale Foundry diamond registration marks to the back.
English, registration mark for 1865.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	81 1⁄2" 207 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 10572

A large ornate bronze chandelier in the Rococo manner with a highly ornate bulbous stem terminating in a large flattened orb and from which the twelve scrolling, acanthus clad branches emanate. A delightful pineapple in a cup is a central feature within a cage of three scrolling acanthus branches. Each candle cup is formed of overlapping leaves.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 12142

A pair of cast iron Andirons in the Mannerist style, the intriguing bearded deities with even more intriguing head dress, hand mufflers and serpent- entwined lower quarters, with oak rather than fig leaf loin covering. Shown here with a 'Swans nest' grate, sold separately and available in various sizes.

English, 17th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 3206

A large Irish cast iron Fire Grate in the late Georgian manner, with brass clad front and pierced brass apron below the four shaped fire bars. This fire grate has its original brass front but the carcass was very damaged and has been rebuilt.
Irish early 19th century front with later restoration. Chantry

	Width	Height	Depth
External	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	28" 71 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 8481

A brass plated spelter pedestal term in the Renaissance style with raised classical decoration throughout, supported on scrolled feet.
19th century.

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	width	height
TOP	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms
BOTTOM	12 3⁄16" 31 cms

Stock: 8060

A pair of large, elegant and slender antique French brass andirons in the Louis XVI manner. Each with round tapering shafts with repousse floral motifs at the top and base on "C"- scroll supports ending in lion paw feet. The brass log stops also decorated, with gadrooned finials.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11" 28 cms	27" 68.5 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms

Stock: 11656

A colourful Oriental style four fold hand painted and lacquered wooden room screen each shaped panel with a depiction of a young musician maid playing a flute. This is remarkably similar to an oil on canvas painting by Chen Yifei (1946-2005), a famous Chinese artist, painter and director please see last image. There is evidence that this screen has been over painted as shadowy outlines can be seen behind the figures and the screen and original paintings could be of an earlier date.
English, date unknown.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	67 11⁄16" 172 cms	72 3⁄16" 183.5 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 11953

A rare pair of satinwood veneered & painted commodes in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, with shaped crossbanded and painted tops, over a shallow central carved top drawer over two deep lower drawers, flanked by concave panelled side cupboards supported on shaped decorated turned legs. Each cabinet contains two concealed draws.

English, circa 1900.

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	width	height	depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	21 7⁄8" 55.7 cms

Stock: 9995

A pair of Charles II style ornate silver plated brass andirons in the Baroque manner. The large urns, with gadroon detail top and bottom, are surmounted by fruited foliate finials, female masks with flowing locks either side, central masks of Greek athletes in medallions supported on substantial four cloven-footed, scrolled plinths, centred by lion masks. Pagan Roman inspiration is evident here.

English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9" 22.8 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms

Stock: 10700

A massive aluminium heraldic spread eagle, with three Ducal coronets on it's breasts and wings the original emblem, without the three crowns was used by the Barclays Bank Group from the early 18th century. The three crowns were added in the 1930's to differentiate it from those emblems used for centuries in varying forms by royal households, countries and other establishments.
English, 1930's.

Notes: When in 1728 the Barclays Bank company moved into the premises known as The Black Spread Eagle on Lombard Street in central London they adopted as their emblem the sign of a Black Spread Eagle which had been left by the previous unknown tenants of the building. The premises later became 54 Lombard Street. Barclays present day blue emblem, first introduced in the 1960's and adopted in 1970, is based on the old earlier logo as shown on the hanging Bank sign below.

Casting of monuments and works of art in aluminium was first used by Alfred Gilbert in 1893 for his statue of Eros (famously misnamed, the figure is in fact Anteros, his twin brother), the Greek God of requited love, which is poised on top of the memorial to Lord Shaftsbury in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.

SCALE : Imperial .

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	Width	Height	Depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	72" 183 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 12026

A pair of brass bronze Louis XVI style twin branch wall sconces with pierced tapering backplates and ribbon tie crestings. Late 19th early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms

Stock: 11503

A pretty and decorative cast iron mid Victorian antique fireplace insert with a bow fronted basket & attractive varied scrolled acanthus and other decoration.
English, circa 1850.
Please note that this is not suitable for use with solid fuels.

Link to: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	Width	Height	Depth
	34 1⁄8" 86.5 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 11782

A pair of gooseneck wrought iron andirons with roasting spit brackets to the backs.

English, early 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms

Stock: 8045

A large cast iron and bronze " Nautilus " log grate made in the nineteenth century by The Nautilus Fire Company of Yeovil, Somerset. The side floral decoration in the Renaissance manner, on four iron wheels, the front bar posts with large bronze spiral finials, a scrolled bronze canopy which revolves forward and back to reduce the airflow, and bronze trim either side.
English mid to late 19th century.

NOTES : When Queen Victoria had Nautilus fire grates installed at Balmoral Castle and Osborne House demand for them grew substantially. The design by the Petter family firm was based on the internal shape of the Nautilus shell by means of which the fumes and smoke circulated in a chamber before being drawn out through the flue.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 12059

One Art Deco ceiling light with fluted glass shades and bowls. The glass shade is chipped on the inside.
English 1930s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 12010

A BAROQUE RELIC
A series of five large carved stone Metope elements in the Baroque Roman Revival manner.
They form a running frieze, the elements all being the same height, depicting several hunting and animal scenes. A wild boar hunt, a lion hunt and youths feeding goats centred by putti heralds blowing horns.The heads of the youthful hunters having being removed which could indicate they date from before the 17th century Commonwealth period of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans, 1649-1660 when the Roundhead Parliamentry troops frequently defaced human features on statues for their so-called association with idolatry.
English or Welsh, 17-18th century.

Notes: The beheading and other acts of vandalism carried out on figurative carving was a regular practice done in the name of Puritanism at the order of Oliver Cromwell after Englands 17th century short lived Revolution and establishment of a Republic / Commonwealth (1649-1660) and before the restoration of the Stuart monarchy to the throne. See also our sold stock no 2871,
a pair of 17th century carved angels. whose faces were also removed, bought in an attic and stables sale at Hatfield House.

Condition: To be expected in a relic there are missing detail elements, apart from the presumed Cromwellian destruction, which could be reinstated. But part of the charm of these huge carved elements lies in leaving them in this unrestored state.

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	width	height	depth
Overall running length.	400" 1016 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms

Stock: 11812

A large pair of Victorian brass andirons in the form of pierced balusters, fronted by winged female mythological standing figures.
Late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 12027

A large 20th century cut glass twenty four light chandelier in the Louis XVI manner hung with a profusion of cut glass bead chains and faceted pendants.
French, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms

Stock: 10047

A small pair of Art Nouveau Fire Dogs or Chenets attributed to Hector Guimard, designer of the Parisian Metro decorative ironwork, with foundry marks : 'Depose' with a GF Anchor symbol.

French, Circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	10 1⁄2" 26.7 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 11926

A mahogany D end extending dining table in the manner of Holland and Sons with two extra leaves. The top with moulded edge, plain frieze, baluster turned and reeded legs, brass caps and castors.
English, mid 19th century.

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	top width	height	top length
Opened	48" 122 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	92 1⁄8" 234 cms
Closed	48" 122 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms

Stock: 11925

A particularly large William IV telescopic, extending dining table in solid Honduras Mahogany. Probably made by Holland & Sons, the wide moulded rectangular top is in two sections when closed which is extendable using the concealed wide gauge patent spiral screw mechanism to accept up to two additonal large leaf insertions which are included. The massive tapering baluster legs carved with cabochon and acanthus designs, terminating with large brass caps and castors. Image before restoration & revival of polish.
English, mid 19th century.

NOTE : The table originally had two more ie a total of 6 leaves giving it a fully extended length of 168" / 14ft ....to seat upwards of 16...allowing 18" + per person. We could provide these two extra leaves in matching mahogany.

HOLLAND & SONS : Starting in the early 19th century and continuing until 1942 this family firm made prestigious furniture and fittings for many of the government buildings and clubs built in 19th-century London, including the Athenaeum, the Reform Club, the British Museum and the Royal Academy. The firm worked on many royal commissions, making furniture for Buckingham Palace, London, Windsor Castle, Berks, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, and Balmoral.

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	top width	height	top length
	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	119 1⁄4" 303 cms

Stock: 11678

An unusually small French Louis XVI style chimneypiece in white statuary marble carved in fine relief, the detail on the frieze of seven different alternating stylised flowers, flanked by volute jambs decorated with acanthus detail. French, 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	49 13⁄16" 126.5 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms

Stock: 11948

A well carved English Regency antique fireplace mantel in the Greek Revival manner. Boldly carved in white Statuary marble with a plain moulded shelf over the panelled frieze which has carved honeysuckle design at each end, flanked by generously scrolled brackets with complementary carved floral detail over the panelled jambs with matching carved detail. English, early 19th century.

Link to: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms	45 7⁄8" 116.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 11659

A simple limestone chimneypiece in the Gothic Revival manner with a generously moulded shelf supported on an arched frieze with inset panelled spandrels. English, mid 19th century.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
External	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	52" 132 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms

Stock: 11908

A small Regency Gothic Revival wire work nursery fender with rounded ends, made using a combination of both round and twisted wire.

English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 12542

A striking 20th century stained glass triptych three part window panel of geometric design in primary colours.
English mid 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	0 3⁄8" 1 cms

Stock: 11350

A compact Louis XVI style fireplace mantel carved in white statuary marble, the serpentine shelf over a panelled frieze centred by a small palmette scrolled cartouche flanked by scrolled top jambs which descend into panelled supports.
French late 19th early 20th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	59 3⁄8" 151 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms

Stock: 11842

A 19th century terracotta architectural corbel, with lion masks to the corners and the mask of a boy to the centre. The rest of the corbel is modelled from acanthus leaves and egg and dart mouldings. Original paint.

English, c.1870.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 11807

A giltwood and gesso antique console table in the Louis XV French Rococo manner, with high relief shell and rocaille decoration on the serpentine frieze and the lower stretchers, supporting a white marble top.
French,19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms

Stock: 11833

A tall Georgian cast iron Register Grate, decorated in the traditional Neoclasscial style with a pair of robed classical maidens and an anthemion frieze. English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37" 94 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms
Internal	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 11830

A 20th century six light brass chandelier in the Art Nouveau manner, with frosted glass shades with an applied chain like decoration converted to electricity..
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36" 91.4 cms	26 1⁄2" 67.3 cms	36" 91.4 cms

Stock: 11806

A small and simple Carrara marble antique fireplace, with high relief carved ribboned scallop shells on the central plaque and endblocks.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	55 1⁄2" 141 cms	42 3⁄8" 107.8 cms	7 13⁄16" 19.8 cms
Internal	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	34 1⁄8" 86.7 cms