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Stock: 15758

A large and imposing Victorian Belgian black marble and bronze mantel clock of architectural form. The case is surmounted by a bronze figure of a Roman Centurion who sits on a roof of fishscale tiles. The rest of the case is carved from Belgian black marble and is modelled as an architectural facade, with both corinthian pilasters and columns framing the dial. Behind the glass door, the dial is enameled with blue Arabic numerals. Inside, there is a fine eight day French movement that strikes the hours and the half-hour hours on a single gong.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 14019

A striking pattes de lion, or lion paw fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The fireplace is carved from bold bardiglio fiorito marble, which is dove grey with dramatic charcoal veining.
French, c.1860

Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	54 5⁄8" 138.8 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms	14 5⁄8" 37.2 cms
Internal	38 1⁄4" 97.2 cms	29 7⁄8" 75.9 cms

Stock: 15188

An unusual cast iron fire grate, its andirons cast in the form of dragons with ringed mouths, which support three bars, the central bar ornately twisted.
English, c.1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	20 3⁄8" 51.7 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms

Stock: 15768

A very fine pair of bronze vases, taking the form of the Townley Vase. The vases are modelled on a krater, a Greek vessel used for mixing water and wine. Each vase has elegantly scrolling bifurcated gilt handles, and the body of the vases are cast in high relief and depict a bacchanalian procession, featuring Bacchus on Ariadne. The vases are mounted on Belgian black marble pedestal bases, on which are mounted lion masks with rings in their mouths. The interior of the vases are beautifully gilded.
English, c.1860.

Notes: The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase after a Greek original. The vase, dating from the 2nd century, was discovered in 1773 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish Antiquarian. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased the vase after its discovery. After his death, the vase was brought to its final home, the British Museum.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 7⁄8" 15 cms	15 11⁄16" 39.9 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15762

A George III style wall mirror, its giltwood and gesso frame very much in the Chippendale manner, topped with a broken pediment surmounted by an urn. Down the side run naturalistic foliate and floral decorations. Original bevelled mirror plate.

English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	40 5⁄8" 103 cms

Stock: 15763

A pair of stunning floor standing parcel gilt torchères in the manner of Robert Adam. The neoclassical form is exemplified by the slender sweeping legs which support the urn shaped faux oil reservoir on which the shades rest. The legs are mounted on a faux griotte marble platform base.
English, c.1920.

Provenance: Wynn House, St James's, London. Final images shows them in situ. Wynn House was designed by Robert Adam for Sir Watkin William Wynn, 4th Baronet, a wealthy landowner, politician and patron of the arts. Wynn house was once something of a country residence, and Sir Watkin was even known to keep a cow in St James's Park.

Notes: Can be supplied with torchère light shades, or with the original bowl shaped shades.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	72" 183 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 15474

A simply carved Tudor Revival Horton Stone Chimneypiece hewn from five blocks of stone. The only decoration is the elegant spandrels featuring a carved decoration of Tudor Roses to the corners from which emanate trailing leaves. This frames the softly rounded opening. English, circa 1930.

Notes: Horton stone is a limestone named after quarries at Hornton in north-west Oxfordshire. It is typically a rich tawny brown in colour, with natural variations.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄8" 167.8 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms	5" 12.7 cms
Internal	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	33 13⁄16" 85.8 cms

Stock: 15317

An early 19th century brass fender, with pierced decoration, applied bullseye rosettes and three paw feet
English, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15741

An elegant French set of brass and steel fire tools in the Louis XVI style. The three tools are topped with pineapple finials in brass, as is the toolstand, which is entirely brass in construction ,with elegant naturalistic detailing and a ribbon detail to the shaft.
French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 7⁄8" 32.7 cms	26" 66 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms

Stock: 15665

A pair of large Arts and Crafts copper andirons, possibly with a connection to the Newlyn School in Cornwall. These beautiful and unusual andirons are topped with foliate finials, mounted on obelisk like shafts with splayed feet, profusely decorated with floral and foliate motifs in repoussé work creating a wonderful low relief design. Beautiful quality craftsmanship.
English, possibly Cornish, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms	28" 71 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms

Stock: 15572

A fine and large nineteenth-century Gothic Revival oak bracket clock, with a silvered dial.

The clock has an eight day, triple fusee, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and chimes the quarters on either eight or four bells, "Westminster chimes" and strikes the hours on a single gong.
The finely engraved silvered arched top brass dial with Roman numerals has three subsidiary dials, namely; strike or silent, slow or fast, Westminster chime, or chime on 8 bells. Engraved spandrels frame the chapter ring. The case is the perfect incarnation of the Gothic Revival, the cathedral case topped with spires and finials which are supported by cluster pilasters whilst the dial is framed with a foliate ogee window.
English, circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	26" 66 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15737

A German Neo-Gothic oak armchair attributed to Edwin Oppler (1831-1880). The chair bears the inscription 'Ernst is das leben, heiter die kunst', or 'Life is Serious, Art is Cheerful' on wonderfully carved banners unfurling amongst Gothic tracery. The motto is taken from Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein Trilogy of 1800. The chair is beautifully carved and the letter G is inscribed within a shield on the top rail. It has been suggested that this is to indicate George V, son of Ernst August the last King of Hanover.

German, c.1850. Later upholstery.

Edwin Oppler was a well-regarded German Jewish Architect, and a proponent of the Neo-Gothic style. He came to know the Gothic style when he worked on the restoration of Notre Dame in Paris. His style then evolved to encompass what had so inspired him in this great Gothic masterpiece. His connection with George V arose when he took over the project of Schloss Marienburg from Conrad Wilhelm Hase in 1864, where he also designs furniture that shares many characteristics with this chair.
In his career, he went on to design many synagogues, all of which were tragically destroyed during Kristallnacht.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23" 58.5 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 15747

An unusual Victorian Fire Tool Stand with Rococo base.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15517

A fine mid-nineteenth century eight-day longcase clock by W.J. Frodsham of Change Alley, London within a mahogany and marquetry case.
The eight day, triple train, four pillar movement with anchor escapement, chimes the quarters on either eight or four bells, "Westminster chimes" and strikes the hours on a single gong. The 12 inch arched top brass dial with strike / silent lever and four bell chime / eight bell chime lever, has a silvered chapter ring with gilt brass putti and crown spandrels, beneath an oval cartouche engraved with the maker, W.J.Frodsham, Change Alley, London.
The fine marquetry - almost Rococo in design - depicts two lovers walking within a pastoral scene, and is framed by foliate scrolls and floral sprays.
English, circa 1840.

Notes:
The first recorded clockmaker by the name Frodsham was a William Frodsham, born in 1728 and is believed to have worked as a Journeyman for Justin Vulliamy, who was clockmaker to George III. In the early 19th century, the family were established as clockmakers, and entered a partnership with the well-regarded chronometer makers, the Parkinson’s and the business became Parkinson & Frodsham of 4 Change Alley. After the death of William Parkinson, the firm became W J Frodsham’s in 1842, until he handed the business over to his sons in 1847 the year that those sons were admitted to the Clockmakers’ Company. In subsequent years, the Frodshams exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 and 1889, developing and international reputation for quality.

Condition notes: A very slight warp to the bottom of the trunk door.

	width	height	depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	95 1⁄2" 242.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 15643

A Reflection of American History -

An ornate convex mirror of grand proportions topped with an eagle on a rocky summit.
Interestingly the mirror, thought to be of American origins, is decorated with 24 spheres around the frame, whilst another sphere hangs on a chain suspended from the mouth of the eagle. This possibly symbolises the 24 established states of the USA, with the state of Arkansas represented by a ball hanging from the mouth of the eagle, the country's emblem. This shows that Arkansas joining the USA is quite literally hanging in the balance.
With this information, we can date the mirror to 1835-1836.

American, 1836. Awaiting restoration, included in the price.

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	Width	Height
	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 15675

Victorian Eccentricity

This whimsical fireplace embodies the Victorian period. It is a celebration of marble in its infinite variety, featuring five different marbles, namely, breccia marrone, verde antico, Cornish serpentine, Belgian black and arabescato marble. The wide shelf sits above the gently arched frieze, which is supported by pairs of Serpentine pilasters mounted on generous footblocks.
Original marble fender included. (Fender measurements: 171cms wide, 15.5cms high, 43cms deep, 72cms deep from wall.)

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78 1⁄8" 198.5 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	15 1⁄8" 38.4 cms
Internal	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 15682

An unusual and compact cast iron Renaissance Revival fire basket, the arched pediment back decorated with an armorial cartouche and faceted andirons.
English, c.1860.

View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Back width	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 15661

A large cast iron and polished brass fire basket in the neo-classical style, the arched pediment back decorated with laurel sprays and scrolled acanthus corners. Below this, the four barred grate is flanked by neoclassical urnular andirons and is framed by a pierced and scrolled apron.
English, Circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms
Back Width	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms

Stock: 15759

A set of seven Victorian leaded and painted glass window panels, two depicting grapevines, three depicting cherries and two depicting cobnuts. They can be set into a window, or displayed as an ornament, in which case we can fit hooks.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 15753

A fine 19th century French boulle red tortoiseshell mantel clock with brass boulle inlay in the Rococo style. The ormolu case mounts are surmounted by an urn finial and the ormolu dial is mounted with enamel numerals and blued steel hands. The movement is a two trained striking movement and is stamped A&N.
French, late 19th century.

Notes:
Boulle work is an inlay process that was developed by the French Cabinet maker to the crown, André Charles Boulle (1642-1732). It involves veneering objects with tortoiseshell and inlaying this surface with gilt brass, brass or pewter in elaborate designs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	13" 33 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 13110

A simple and elegant steel fire basket in Adam style with urn finial details and a pierced apron.
English, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Back width	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms

Stock: 15669

A charming Aesthetic Movement fire grate with a central sunflower radiating from the shaped back plate, which is echoed by the finely cast brass sunflower finials crowning the andirons. These frame the front bars, which are elegantly bowed, and just beneath them are delicate fan spandrels.
English, c.1890.

The sunflower was considered the emblem of the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, its proponents believing it to signify lasting happiness and adoration – key principles of aestheticism. The movement embodied the principle of Art for Art's sake, and focused on beauty and harmony in its purest visual form.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27" 68.5 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 15724

A large and finely carved 19th century Italian marble lidded urn, decorated with trailing grape vines and and dramatic handles, modelled as grinning and horned satyrs. The body of the urn is carved with two cartouches, one depicting a nymph bathing in a pool whilst a satyr observes, hidden by bullrushes. The other depicts an a satyr and a goat in an amorous and playful embrace. After the antique.

Italian, c.1850.

Could be situated in a sheltered spot in a garden or courtyard, but equally suited to an interior setting.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28" 71 cms	40" 101.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 15629

A large 19th century fire basket with a simply arched Aesthetic movement back, centred by a sunflower motif. The grate is flanked by two baluster andirons resting on scroll feet.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	35" 89 cms	23 3⁄8" 59.5 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms
Back width	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 15736

A simple pair of Neoclassical style solid brass andirons.
English, circa 1920.

Link to: Antique Andirons, Fire Dogs, Alare and Chenets

	width	height	depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15732

A pair of sturdy brass andirons with bulbous finials and faceted in form.
English, c.1900.

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	width	height	depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms

Stock: 15638

A pair of high backed 17th century Carolean chairs, with a carved arched crest back, which is repeated in the arched front stretcher, and a solid panelled back framed by turned rails and supported on turned legs. Solid boarded recessed seats. Rich dark patination and in lovely original condition.
English, Charles II, c.1670.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms

Stock: 15598

An 18th century bronze sundial, the dial plate inscribed Bywater Dawson & Co. Liverpool, on a substantial 19th century cast iron base, mounted on a millstone.
English, 18th century with 19th century base.

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	Width	Height	Depth
without stone base	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	53 1⁄8" 135 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms
with stone base	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	61" 155 cms

Stock: 15641

A large and finely carved alabaster figure of a water carrier in classical drapery. The figure is very much after the antique, but more naturalistic than the earlier, grand tour alabaster figures.
English, c.1860.

		Height
		20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms

Stock: 15640

A grand 19th century French giltwood and gesso wall mirror or overmantel mirror in the Louis XVI style. The mirror is surmounted by a floral garland and crossed quiver and torch, either side of which are mounted flaming urns. The central mirror plate is bordered by 4 marginal plates for added decorative value. A beautiful mirror that would work as either a wall or an overmantel mirror.
French, c.1860.

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	Width	Height
	37" 94 cms	65" 165 cms

Stock: 14318

A gorgeous Jeckyll Aesthetic movement fireplace insert, the iron cast with Japanese inspired prunus blossom and butterfly motifs and the handpainted blue and white tiles decorated with flowers and foliage.
English, c.1870 and manufactured by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard.

View our collection of: Antique Fire grates and Register grates.

	width	height	depth
	35" 89 cms	37" 94 cms	2 5⁄8" 6.6 cms

Stock: 15555

A pair of late Victorian display cabinets, ebonised and chequer inlaid with amboyna and purplewood, in the Aesthetic Movement style. Each cabinet has running gilt brass mounts, a baluster gallery above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, over a bevelled mirror inset back panel and ring turned front columns, with a chevron inlaid frieze below, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two shelves each.

Provenance:
By family repute the cabinets were made by the great grandfather of the previous owner. His surname was Savigear and evidently he executed them whilst he was working for the Soho based cabinet making firm of Frauer and Sons, most likely during the 1890s. Frederick Frauer appears listed as a cabinet maker located on 46 Greek Street, Soho, in the Dictionary of British and Irish Furniture Makers, 1500-1914.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	88 3⁄16" 224 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15660

A 19th century cast iron fire basket in the Baronial style, fronted by an imposing pair of monopodia wolfound andirons with rings in their mouths. The grate is further embellished with tie baton bars and a decorative backplate surmounted by three pronged finials.
English, c.1870.

A similar grate can be seen at Charles Dickens' Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15482

Abadeh carpet of large size, with flowerhead motifs on red ground, bordered by blue corners and a generous cream border, all profusely decorated with geometric and floral designs. Iranian, c.1950

Notes: Abadeh carpets were made in Abadeh, south Iran. They are easily recognised by their hexagonal central decoration with a red ground, bordered by blue corners. The ground of the border is oftem white, as are the four medallons in the corner.

Link to: Carpets and rugs

	Length	Width
	117 1⁄4" 298 cms	79 1⁄2" 202 cms

Stock: 15677

A monumental Victorian arch fireplace in dramatically veined Portoro marble. Striking in its simplicity, the fireplace is centered by a keystone and the arch is framed by two boldly carved spandrels.
English, c.1860.

Notes: Varieties of Portoro Marble have been found in different parts of the world but the marble used to make this chimneypiece is of the highest quality and could only have come from the quarries on the Island of Palmaria, in the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy. This marble was discovered and first extracted in Roman times and is rightly regarded worldwide as a luxury marble because of it's quality and the distinctive black and gold veining.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	81 1⁄8" 206 cms	50 3⁄16" 127.6 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms
Internal	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	36" 91.5 cms