Antiques Firebacks & Panels

Stock: 16314

A fine set of three antique Louis XVI style cast iron fireplace panels. The main central panel is decorated with a basket of flowers on a background of ivy, beneath ribbon tied swags of flowers, surrounded by a moulded border with floral paterae corners. The two side panels are decorated with trumpets and sheet music, hung on tasselled cords and ribbons with matching borders.

French, circa 1880. View our collection of: antique Firebacks

	Width	Height	Depth
Main Panel	31" 78.7 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms
Side Panels	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms

Stock: 15290

A very decorative set of three cast iron Louis XV French fireplace interior panels. The central panel depicts the Greek God Apollo within a sunburst whilst the side panels depict indigenous Americans with their dogs.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Main panel	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms
Side panels	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms

Stock: 13891

A pair of Victorian cast iron fireplace insert panels embellished with bands of scrolling leaf tendrils and bead edging.
English, mid 19th Century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Each	10 7⁄8" 27.7 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	0 3⁄16" 0.5 cms

Stock: 14055

A very large, early 20th century, cast iron fireback modelled on the earliest dated Wealden design of 1641. Cast with the Royalist symbols of a lion passant surrounded by the Scottish Thistle, the English Rose and the French Fleur de Lys. Probably the most familiar of Wealdon firebacks and much reproduced in succeeding centuries.
English circa 1930.

Please note an old crack runs down the left hand side.

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	width	height	depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 13358

A cast Iron fireback, depicting a Greek style maiden in a floral setting.
French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 15204

A large cast iron triple arched French fireback with bead edging depicting a pair of rampant lions holding a oval bearing two crescent moons and four fleur de lys and surmounted by a crown and bearing the date 1302. Two lines of further flear de lys flank the oval. Possibly associated with the House of Valois of the Capetian Dynasty one of the oldest in Europe. French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 14608

An antique cast iron fireback panel in the Neocalssical style with a charming depiction of cherubs at work in a forge framed by a foliate wreath, bellflowers and sprigs. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 14807

A set of three large cast iron antique interior fireplace panels with cross hatched foliate decoration. Late, 19th century

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	Width	Height	Depth
Central panel	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	40" 101.5 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms
Side panels	19 1⁄8" 48.5 cms	40" 101.5 cms

Stock: 13509

A pair of tall antique cast iron internal fireplace panels, decorated with classical urns, bell flowers, foliage and a flaming torchere.
French mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	0 3⁄8" 1 cms

Stock: 13507

A pair of cast iron Victorian antique internal fireplace panels with cross hatched foliate motif.
English, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height
Each panel	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 14118

A small antique moulded cast iron fireplace panel depicting medieval children in a rural setting picking fruit from a tree.
French late, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 14570

An impressive 20th century armorial cast iron fire back with a nautical/marine theme. A pair of erect sea lions, each holding a spear, sit above the Latin motto " Fit Via Vi " that can be translated as “The way is forged by strength”. They are supporting a shield upon which can be seen a hand sinister above a pair of bishops mitres above a castle. The shield is surmounted by a coronet or crown above which is a galleon in full sail. Two further erect sea lions are top left and top right each holding an anchor. The fireback has a rope twist border broken at the top by the galleons mast.
English, circa 1920.

Notes: A heraldic sea lion is a mythical beast with the top half of an heraldic lion and the bottom half being that of a fish’s tail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 14120

An almost square antique cast iron French fire back depicting a pair of putto at work or play in a rural setting surrounded by swags and foliate detail.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 14590

A very large and spectacular 17th century fireback depicting crowned eagles supporting an armorial shield beneath a smaller eagle alighting on the shield. The initial H surmounted by crowns features in each corner (one H is broken). The name of the Marquise de May can be seen in the top border and the fireback is most likely associated with the Coat of Arms of Henri II de Lorraine, Comte de Chaligny, Marquis de Moy (1596-1672)' of the House of Lorraine. French, dated 1624.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 14121

A large square antique cast iron fire back depicting an Elysian scene of a maiden holding a garland of flowers.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	26" 66 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 14169

A very large antique cast iron fireback, possibly depicting the Abduction of Proserpine, or Persephone. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	44 7⁄8" 114 cms	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 13963

A ovolo moulded Wealdon fireback with the shield, and crest of the Fuller family who were ironmasters of Brightling, Sussex. They also cast guns and other products at the Heathfield Furnace in Roberstbridge in Sussex. English, 17th or early 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 14119

A large almost square Neoclassical style allegorical antique cast iron fire back with a central round panel depicting recumbent maidens outside overlooked by a pair of guardian angels.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 14057

An patriotic antique cast iron 'Garden of Holland' Siegerland fire back, cast with a maiden holding a cap of freedom on the end of a pole. Ahead of her is the crowned heraldic lion of the States of The Netherlands clutching a sheaf of arrows. Inscribed 'Pro Patria' translation 'For Country'.
Dutch, probably a 19th century copy or the original 17th century one.

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	width	height	depth
	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 13633

A pair of Arts and Crafts cast iron fireplace panels, one decorated in relief with three of the signs of the zodiac - Taurus, Virgo & Capricorn, the other also decorated in relief with three of the signs of the zodiac - Aquarius, Gemini & Libra each set within star shaped borders.
English early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 14376

A large French armorial cast iron antique fire back with a central oval coat of arms beneath a crown surrounded by wreaths of laurel.
French, 17th century.

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	width	height	depth
	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 14256

A large replica cast iron arched fireback with figures framed in a rural setting .in the neoclassical style.
English, mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄8" 76.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 14472

A large and heavy cast iron Victorian copy of a Wealdon antique fireback depicting St George and the Dragon with the motto Nil Desperandum meaning Do Not Despair and the name Curtius to the top which may refer to Marcus Curtius a Roman hero. English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35" 89 cms	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 14340

A set of three cast iron antique fire panel inserts decorated with central urns, wreaths and scrolling foliate detail typical of the Neoclassical style. English, mid to late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
Back Panel	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms
Side Panels	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 14171

An antique French cast iron fireback depicting figures and a dog in a rural setting
in a scrolling foliate frame. French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 14122

A single 19th century cast iron fireplace panel depicting a couple with some flowers. French, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	0 3⁄8" 1 cms

Stock: 10182

A cast iron fireback in the Baroque manner, depicting St George triumphing over the Dragon. Dutch, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 1⁄2" 62.3 cms	33 1⁄2" 85.1 cms	0 1⁄2" 1.2 cms

Stock: 11080

An 18th century style cast iron fire back depicting a scantily dressed seated female scribe holding quill and tablet and set within an ornate scrolled foliate frame.
French 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 14375

A very large and heavy 16th century French cast iron fireback, emblazoned with the arms of King Charles IX of France who reigned from 1560-1574. These arms are surrounded by the collar of the French Order of St Michael, a French dynastic order of chivalry, founded by Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469.

Dated 1570 purportedly from Le Château de Haroué in the Lorraine region of France. French, late 16th century.

Weight: 270KG

Heraldic information courtesy of Richard d'Apice, VP of The Australian Heraldry Society.

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	width	height	depth
	41 11⁄16" 106 cms	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	2" 5 cms

Stock: 13567

A very fine set of three large Neoclassical style cast iron antique fireplace
panels the central panel depicting a seated maiden possibly Minerva
the Roman Goddess of wisdom, medicine and crafts. Her name is
linked to the Latin word 'mens' meaning 'intellect' representing the intelligence and inventiveness of this Goddess.
Provenance: Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland

Mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
large panel	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms
small panels	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms

Stock: 14010

A 20th century cast iron fireback depicting the King Charles II the Royal Coat of Arms.
English, Circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 3⁄16" 66.5 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 13940

A cast iron fire back in high relief depicting a knight, holding a banner and seated on his rearing steed set beneath a lion mask surrounded by fruiting vines, beneath a shell and sea serpent pediment.
French, Circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 14070

An attractive antique armorial French cast iron fire back richly and deeply cast with lions rampant astride a central oval foliate cartouche, below a floral, jewelled crown.

French, early 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 13696

A French cast iron fireback depicting a salamander the heraldic symbol of the French King François I (1515-1547). The salamander is shown surrounded by flames and as it was believed that they had mystical powers and could not be consumed by fire here it was meant to symbolise the strength and invulnerabilty of royalty.
French late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 13201

A pair of cast iron Georgian style fireplace back panels with typical Neoclassiccal decoration.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	0 3⁄8" 1 cms