Antique Fire Grates & Fire Baskets

Stock: 16710

A large and dramatic Reformed Gothic fire basket in cast iron. The most eye catching feature is without doubt the fireback, cast with a dragon being engulfed by flames. This is mounted over a generous basket with a fret apron and supported by andirons terminating in a trefoil style finial.

English, late 19th century.

Provenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.

Awaiting restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.7 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 15368

A small Arts and Crafts three barred cast iron fire grate of organic form, with a curving backplate and standards reminiscent of a shepherd's crook. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms

Stock: 15515

An ornate 19th century cast iron and brass fire basket standing on elegant brass monopedia, surmounted by ringed panther masks. The cast iron back is beautifully cast with foliate decoration within the rounded pediment.

English, registration mark for 1888.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 16056

A good quality Georgian style fire basket of minimalist form, the bright steel three barred grate adorned with urnular finials over reeded legs, and a pierced apron.

English, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	36" 91.5 cms	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	14" 35.5 cms
Back width	18 5⁄8" 47.3 cms

Stock: 16447

A small and charming Aesthetic Movement cast iron fire basket, with a central floral rosette to the back, and beautiful scrolling legs with brass finials.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	23" 58.3 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 16000

An imposing nineteenth-century fire basket with a three barred grate and a brass apron flanked by large turned brass andirons, topped with spherical brass finials.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	28" 71 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 16223

A large and imposing Jacobean Revival fire basket in cast iron, with a cartouche back and c scroll decoration which framed the latticed front bars. This is supported on large baluster andirons over splayed feet. English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 16310

A large Victorian cast iron fire basket with brass detailing. The back of broken pediment form, is cast with laurel sprigs and a central rosette. The four barred grate is surmounted by brass baluster finials and supported by large lion paw andirons.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back Width	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15619

A charming William IV cast iron fire basket in a shape reminiscent of a Savonarola chair, adorned with ringed lion masks.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Back width	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 15835

An antique fire basket in the neoclassical style in bright polished steel. The basket has elegant shoulders engraved with garlands of bellflowers which flank the three barred grate which stands over a pierced apron studded with neoclassical paterae. The elegant urnular andirons are surmounted by a pair of lidded urn finials.
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back width	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 15784

A small 19th century cast iron fire basket, with an arched pediment back decorated with a central floral rosette.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
Back width	13" 33 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: 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.

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	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: 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: 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: 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: 15709

An unusual cast iron Arts and Crafts fire basket, with andirons reminiscent of Gothic tracery and a gently arched back.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	20 11⁄16" 52.5 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms

Stock: 15659

A Georgian style fire grate, embellished with a pierced brass apron decorated with a Vitruvian scroll pattern.
English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 15658

A Neoclassical Georgian style fire basket with a pierced bronze apron and elegantly tapered andirons.
English, Circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Back width	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 15620

An Edwardian neoclassical fire basket with a bow front three bar grate above an elegantly pierced apron, engraved with a floral and foliate decoration featuring two dragons. The columnar andirons are surmounted steeple finials.
English, early 20th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 14738

A rare and monumental cast iron Coalbrookdale antique fire grate identical to fire grate SNo 14374. The elaborately scrolled backplate featues a Bagot Goat jumping a fence. The substantial basket, with a strapwork apron centred by a lion mask, is supported by a pair of large and powerful panther head standards.

Provenance: The registration mark 65 The Coalbrookdale Company registered September 6th 1841 number 814 can clearly be seen on the back.
English, early to mid 19th century.

Notes: The Bagot goat is believed to be Britain's oldest breed of goat and has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall in Staffordshire for over six hundred years.The Coalbrookdale Company, a foundry in Shropshire established in 1709, is probably most famous for building the world's first cast iron bridge erected and opened at Ironbridge in 1780, but it was also noted for its decorative ironwork an example of which is a set of gates opening into London's Hyde Park. The blast furnaces were closed down around 1820 but the foundries remained in use.

Please note that the back plate was once broken the damage can be seen under the goat. It has been strapped on the back, so the grate is still functional.

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	width	height	depth
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	29 1⁄4" 74.5 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 15247

A Thomas Elsley, polished steel and cast iron Georgian style fie basket. The arched fireback centred by an urn draped with bellflowers above a four barred curved grate, with etched shoulders, is framed by beading and surmounted by a pair of lidded urn finials above a pierced and etched apron. The twin tapering standards are etched and beaded and surmounted by a larger pair of lidded urn finials.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 15219

An iron and brass fire grate in the French Regence style with a turned two bar basket, above a brass vitruvian apron and surmounted by a pair of flambeau finials. The rectangular backplate depicts a procession of playful cherubs one of which appears to be riding a goat. The grate is supported to the front by a pair of ornate Louis XIV style andirons surmounted by further by flambeau finials.
Probably French, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 15462

A very pretty late Georgian brass and iron fire basket with an elegant silhouette. The high backplate sits behind the three barred grate surmounted by a pair of brass urn finials above a delicately cut apron supported by a pair of column standards also surmounted by a pair of brass finials. English, early 19th century. .

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	29 13⁄16" 75.8 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms

Stock: 15349

A Neoclassical brass and cast iron fire grate in the manner of Thomas Elsley. The serpentine front with pierced and engraved decoration and urn finials, raised on tapering legs. English, circa1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	31 11⁄16" 80.5 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms
Back panel	19" 48.3 cms

Stock: 15121

A 19th century Rococo style bronze mounted cast iron griffin fire basket. The scroll edged backplate, with a central medallion and leafy fronds, rests behind the bow fronted grate which is supported by a pair of large, bronze monopodial griffin with splayed claw feet. Each griffin is impressed on the back with the registration number 'R N 116834'. English, circa 1870.

Similar to brass mounted firegrate SNo 15515.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Back width	20 1⁄8" 51 cms

Stock: 9454

A smart 20th century iron and brass firebasket in the Baroque style of Queen Anne with tall turned finials, a Puginesque apron and tapering legs.
English, late 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 5⁄8" 77.6 cms	11 1⁄2" 29.2 cms

Stock: 8901

A 20th century George III style brass and iron fire grate. The rectangular back above a two barred grate, surmounted by a pair of brass steeple finials, beneath which is an ornate pierced apron flanked by integral turned standards.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	depth
External	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms
Back width	20 1⁄4" 51.5 cms

Stock: 15322

A large cast iron and brass mounted Gothic Revival firegrate in the manner of A W N Pugin. The high, trefoil backplate, centred by a plain cartouche above an arch, has sides swooping down to the low two barred grate. A pair of upright seated, brass lions mounted on spiral podiums and holding simple, escutcheon shaped shields, form the integral andirons raised on large peg feet.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.5 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 15092

A large cast iron and brass Neoclassical style firegrate with Baroque influences. The shaped backplate is centred by a floral medallion above a foliate panel. The two barred grate is supported by a pair of tall columnar standards, with lion mask roundels and surmounted by large brass lidded urn finials, above stylised paw feet. There is a registration mark RD 145568 for 1890 on the one of the standards.
English, circa 1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	34 1⁄4" 87 cms	25" 63.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Back panel	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15201

A highly polished, cast iron and brass fire basket in the traditional Regency style with five serpentine front bars and tied, torchere standards surmounted by brass flambeau finials.
English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15243

A rare cast iron, Rococo Revival, Coalbrookdale firegrate. The unusual serpentine, lobed back rests behind the bow fronted three bar basket. The apron, bearing a central zoomorphic mask, is flanked by scrolled acanthus enriched sides supported on splaying legs on block feet. The last image below is from an illustration in the Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue, shown for use within their dramatic Shakespearean 'Tempest' figural chimneypiece. English, circa 1850.

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. The Coalbrookdale Company and Foundry was established there by Abraham Darby in 1701.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄8" 76.5 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 15389

A very pretty Louis XVI cast iron fire basket with acanthus bars to the front, above which two brass pineapple finials are mounted. A pierced brass skirt stretches below, and the grate stands on slender tapered legs.

English, late 20th century.
Provenance: Upper Swell Farm, Gloucestershire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms