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Stock: 16709

A French gilt and patinated bronze adjustable fender in the Rococo style, the scrolling foliate chenet mounted with bronze putti and the fender bar centred by an urn.

French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
max	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	22" 56 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
min	50 3⁄8" 128 cms

Stock: 16698

A very fine 18th century alabaster copy of the Medici Vase, after the antique. Almost certainly made in Italy for a wealthy Grand Tourist and a faithful copy of one of the most renowned Roman artefacts from Italy.
The origins of the Medici Vase are uncertain, the first record of the vase being in an inventory of the Villa Medici in Rome in 1598. In 1780, it was moved to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
It is particularly significant as it is the only extant Roman krater to not have a Dionysian theme, although the subject remains unclear. It depicts a statue of Apollo Lyricine, who was later restored mistakenly as Diana, with a bare-breasted woman at the foot of the statue, while other figures gaze solemnly towards this scene.
The narrative scene is bordered by a decoration of vine shoots and leaves to the upper portion, whilst the lower portion has phytomorphic, acanthine decoration also carved in low relief. The original vase would have once been brightly decorated, and highlighted in gold.

This version is a good size, and of exceptional quality.

Italian, c.1770.

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	Diameter	Height
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 8096

A pair of Victorian cast iron bench ends with scrolling foliate decoration on splayed scrolled feet. The top rail and armrests both terminate in griffin-like masks.
We can add a back and seat in teak and paint the ironwork if desired, please contact us for a quote.

English, mid-19th century.

View our collection of: Antique, old vintage fountains, sculptures, garden furniture and statuary

		height	Depth
		32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 16721

A fine and large 17th century ebonised ripple mirror. This striking mirror has a wonderful patina, the warmth of the wood just gleaning through the original ebonised finish. This encloses a foxed Mercury plate.
Such a wonderful survival from this period, perhaps originally a picture frame, and later re-purposed as a mirror.

Possibly Italian made for the Dutch market, c.1670.

These frames were thought to have originated in Germany - possibly Nuremberg - and are now most commonly associated with the Dutch 17th century tradition. The frames were in fact often produced in Italy, Spain and Flanders, using both ebony veneer and stained softwood. A machine was developed specifically to create the ripple effect, creating undulations in the wood using a fixed blade on a jig. These frames have become synonymous with the Dutch tradition as they were favoured by artists as they did not detract from the subject, and instead drew the gaze towards it.

View our collection of: Antique mirrors and console tables

	Width	Height	Depth
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	39 3⁄16" 99.5 cms	3 1⁄8" 8 cms

Stock: 16647

A wonderful Louis XIV fireplace in a beautifully worn limestone. This fireplace is a rare survival from the reign of the Sun King, and conforms to the drama of the Baroque, with a beautifully carved cushion moulding, centred by a cartouche.

French, c.1700.

Please note that the back has been left rough as it was originally set inside a wall, but we can cut this flat for a more modern installation if desired. It would look absolutely wonderful with a Delft tiled interior, or with a boldly cast fireback.

View our collection of: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	44 1⁄4" 112.4 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms
Internal	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms

Stock: 16646

A dramatic French bolection fireplace in a boldly veined verde antico marble, with a cushion moulding around the opening.
Unlike English bolections, this fireplace has the useful addition of a shelf making it a practical choice when you are looking to decorate a mantelpiece.

French, late 19th century.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 1⁄2" 146 cms	42 1⁄2" 107.9 cms	9 11⁄16" 24.6 cms
Internal	41 13⁄16" 106.2 cms	34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms

Stock: 16042

A fine French 18th century Louis XVI gilt gesso mirror, with a beaded slip and trailing leaves decorating the frame. There is a beautifully modelled laurel ribboned garland centred by a quiver of arrows and a trophies of war to the surmount. This detail perhaps alludes to the unrest in France at the end of the 18th century.

French, c.1780.
Original gilding but a later mirror plate.

Provenance: From the estate of the late Marguerite Littman.

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	Width	Height
	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	69 13⁄16" 177.2 cms

Stock: 16599

A beautiful 19th century Italianate mirror with Chinoiserie decoration. This unusual mirror has a beautifully bevelled, shaped plate and is enclosed by a lacquered frame, painted with with a charming chinoiserie design and bordered by gilded Rococo flourishes.

English, c.1860.

This mirror is such a useful size, perfect as a hall mirror, a bedroom or even a bathroom mirror!

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 11⁄16" 42.3 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 6620

A bold and very grand Louis XV Rococo fireplace in a buttery yellow Siena marble. This fireplace is truly a statement piece, with a wonderfully ornate frieze, centred by a mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lionskin. This cartouche is framed with foliate scrollwork which is echoed on the corners of the panelled frieze, and also on the canted, console jambs.

French, mid-20th century.

Notes: This fireplace was clearly influenced by the Salon de Hercules in The Palace of Versailles. After Antoine Vassé.

View our collection of: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	79 1⁄8" 201 cms	51 5⁄8" 131 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms
Internal	51 11⁄16" 131.3 cms	41 1⁄8" 104.5 cms

Stock: 6613

An exceptional Louis XV Rococo fireplace in dramatically figured breche violette marble of grand proportions. This is perhaps one of the most magnificent French Rococo chimneypieces we have had in our collection. The moulded serpentine shelf rests on the wide frieze, also of serpentine from, and is boldly carved with a central rocaille motif and panels. This carving is echoed in the endblocks, which are mounted above beautifully bold Rococo jambs.

French, 19th century.

View our collection of: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	79 11⁄16" 202.5 cms	51 3⁄16" 130 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms

Stock: 16632

A fine 18th century giltwood console table. The gilded surface is wonderfully worn, with the warm red bole coming through. The frieze has low relief decoration very much aligned with the Venetian tradition, and this frames the faux marble top (later). The scrolled legs are supported by large baluster feet and united by a scrollwork stretcher embellished with bellflowers.

Northern Italian, c.1700.

The current top, painted in a green faux marble finish, can be replaced with your choice of marble top if desired, although the current top is quite charming and probably 19th century in date.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 16693

A pair of large hand-painted Delft vases in blue and white. Painted very much in the Chinese style, these baluster shaped vases are decorated with Chinese style scenes, reminiscent of the British Willow Pattern that emerged in the 18th century, with bridges, pagodas, willow trees and birds painted within vignettes. These are framed by more typically Delft patterns. The covers are topped with seated panthers.

Delft, late 19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 16692

A beautiful 18th century Venetian mirror with original mercury mirror plate. The gilded frame takes a loosely organic form and interprets the French Rococo style, with a rather more traditional frame boldly embellished with the addition of organic c scrolls and foliate flourishes to the edges.

Venetian, c.1760.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 16402

A very large cast iron urn in the form of the Warwick Vase, after the antique popularised by 18th century collectors. This piece is on a grand scale and woluld make a fantastic statement on a plinth.
Attributed to the Handyside foundry, as illustrated in their catalogue.

English, c.1850

Notes: The Warwick Vase was excavated from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli in 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, and dates to the second century AD. Hamilton sold the vase to his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Warwick, who built a specially commissioned conservatory in the grounds of Warwick Castle to house it.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
Base	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16689

A fine and ornate giltwood Louis XVI overmantel mirror profusely decorated with floral swags and sprays of laurel and surmounted by an urnular crest filled with flowers.

French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	38 13⁄16" 98.5 cms	68 11⁄16" 174.5 cms	3 1⁄2" 9 cms

Stock: 16660

A fine gilt gesso 19th century mirror in the manner of William Kent. The rectangular mirrored plate in enclosed by a bead and reel moulded slip, and the frame is embossed with a scrolling foliate design and a diamond pattern, with stippling to the lower portion of the frame. The mirror is topped with a broken pediment, centred by a central cartouche.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	24 1⁄4" 61.7 cms	49 3⁄8" 125.5 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 16688

A 19th century hand painted Chinese Temple Jar later converted to a table lamp. This lidded jar has a floral decoration and is highlighted in gold. It is mounted on a later rosewood stand.

Chinese, 19th century.

We have a smaller lamp of the same design, see stock no. 16650.

View our collection of: Antique candelabras, candlesticks and lamps

	Diameter	Height
	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms

Stock: 16282

A very fun set of French bayonet fire tools with Gras Bayonet handles, the shafts of which incorporate the original blades.

French, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	27" 68.5 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 16671

A fine 18th century giltwood Rococo wall mirror. The mirror frame is confidently and finely carved, with c-scrolls, acanthine flourishes and trailing flowers, typical motifs of the Rococo style. The gilding is lovely, and beautifully burnished to give the gold a soft glow.

English, c.1770.
Later mirror plate.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16652

A 19th century French giltwood overmantel mirror with a Rococo foliate surmount above a cushion moulded, ogee frame. This encloses the crisp bevelled glass. A very elegant mirror.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms

Stock: 16618

A fine Louis-Philippe overmantel gilt gesso mirror. The surmount is decorated with a flaming torch, a quiver of arrows and a laurel wreath, and is mounted on an elegant frame, with a slightly distressed gilded finish showing traces of the red bole underneath. The frame is further decorated with a Greek key pattern embossed on the surface.
French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	55 7⁄8" 142 cms

Stock: 16694

A fine and large early polychrome Delft covered vase in the Oriental taste. Decorated with panels depicting birds perching within flowering chrysanthemum branches, this vase is topped with the most charming of covers, complete with a cat finial!
It is rare to have a fine Delft vase of this scale and date.

Dutch, c.1700, the underside with makers' mark for DE GRIEKSCHE A.

Photographed before restoration.

Notes: In 1658, Wouter van Eenhoorn opened his pottery in the former brewery known as the 'De Griex A' (The Greek A) His company was soon supplying an international market with contacts in London, Hamburg, Stockholm and in 1674 Rouen. In 1678, his son took over the business, and the firm started supplying the Royal House of Orange. Successive generations expanded the business, and they supplied the British monarchs William and Mary as well as their wealthy courtiers. At this time, their pottery was signed AK, which we see on this vase. The factory closed in the early 19th century.

Awaiting further research.

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	Diameter	Height
	11" 28 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms

Stock: 16697

An exceptional giltwood Venetian wall mirror. The fine frame has strapwork cresting, pierced sides and apron, the whole carved with rocaille, c-scrolls and floral flourishes, enclosing the mirror plate, which is surmounted by a fine cartouche also with mirror plate to the crest.

Venice, c.1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	65 3⁄8" 166 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16540

An exceptionally fine 19th century French brass fender, Regence in style. Adorned with opposing griffins, whose rings hold a length of brass chain whilst they sit atop the beautifully cast chenet bar, this fender is wonderfully grand.

French, early 19th century.

Please note, the width can be reduced by bringing the chenet closer together.

View our collection of: Antique Fenders, Firescreens and Nursery Guards

	Width	Height	Depth
	46 11⁄16" 118.5 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 16634

A charming set of four ornithological engravings by Francois Nicolas Martinet (French 1731-1800), titled the,"Grand Pie-grieche verdatre, de Madagascar", "La Petite Hirondelle de Mer", "Troupiale male du Senegal" and "Pie-grieche jaune de Cayenne", in original hand-colour. Small ebonised frames.

French, c.1770.

Notes: These engravings were taken from Comte de Buffon's superb work, the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. This is one of the most important ornithological publications of the 18th century, Darwin being a great admirer.

View our collection of: antique wall tapestries, panels and paintings

	Width	Height	Depth
	8 7⁄8" 22.6 cms	10 5⁄8" 26.9 cms	0 1⁄2" 1.3 cms

Stock: 16446

A fine 18th century fire basket. The ornately fireback is cast with cupid astride an eagle with a decorative border, and dated 17--. This is mounted on a three barred grate and a polished bar front, with finely engraved spandrels and urnular finials over a pierced and engraved scrolling apron. This is supported on slender, tapered legs.

English, mid 18th century. View our collection of: Antique fire grates and log baskets.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Back width	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 16374

A charming Victorian fire tool stand in brass. The perfect fireside accompaniment for a set of tools, keeping the hearth tidy!

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 6622

A rare fireplace insert by Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. Epitomising the Aesthetic movement style, the insert is mounted with a cast brass panel decorated with Jeckyll's signature use of Japanese mons, but the most striking decoration is of course the handpainted tiles on a burnt orange ground, decorated with birds of paradise perching on stylised branches. A rare survival of extraordinary beauty.

English, circa 1870. Notes: Barnard, Bishop and Barnards were at the heart of Norwich's iron industry, and the company gained an international reputation after their collaboration with Thomas Jeckyll. Jeckyll’s associations with a group of London artists – notably James Abbott McNeill Whistler – made him a key figure in the Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement. Jeckyll used japonaise designs for Barnards’ fireplaces while his sunflower motif came to symbolise the Aesthetic Movement.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
External	38" 96.5 cms	38" 96.5 cms	8" 20.3 cms
Internal	18 3⁄8" 46.7 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms

Stock: 16650

A 19th century hand painted Chinese Temple Jar later converted to a table lamp. This lidded jar has a floral decoration and is highlighted in gold. It is mounted on a later rosewood stand.

Chinese, 19th century.

We have a larger lamp of the same design, see stock no. 16688.

View our collection of: Antique candelabras, candlesticks and lamps

	Diameter	Height
	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms

Stock: 16480

A fine Louis XVI chimneypiece in a beautiful breche d'Aleppe marble. Simple in form, this fireplace has a panelled frieze centred by an integral paterae tablet, which is echoed on the endblocks, which in turn are mounted over panelled jambs.

French, late 19th century.

Outside to outside footblock 150.4cm

	Width	Height	Depth
External	60 1⁄8" 152.7 cms	46 1⁄4" 117.5 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms
Internal	40 5⁄8" 103.2 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.5 cms

Stock: 16644

A beautiful French Empire period fireplace in an unusual, deep breccia marble. The marble has a deep red hue and incorporates grey brown and even yellow tones, with some sparse white veining. The moulded shelf sits over the plain frieze, which is supported on corbels over flat jambs.
A fireplace that showcases the marble with its simplicity of design.

French, early 19th century.

Outside footblock to outside footblock measurement: 151.5cm

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	62" 157.5 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms
Internal	45" 114.4 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 16467

A fine antique fire tool stand in brass, with a fine barleytwist shaft and an ornate base. Perfect when paired with a set of our brass fire tools.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 16591

A beautiful 19th century garlic neck Delft vase lamp. This beautiful lamp is painted in the typically Dutch style in cobalt blue, with smaller details picked out in Manganese. The central scene is a landscape dotted with windmills.

Dutch, c.1880.

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	Diameter	Height
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 16428

A pair of charming Delft tin-glazed vases hand painted with pastoral scenes to the body of the vases, and surrounded by scrolling foliate decoration. On the back is a simpler floral design. The vase covers are mounted by lions, reminiscent of the foo dogs seen on Chinese pottery.

Delft, late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	17 5⁄8" 44.7 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 16532

A wonderful set of Rococo style fire tools in brass. Topped with rocaille foliate handles, the slender shafts terminate in scrolling foliate tongs, and a lovely repoussé shovel.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	3 1⁄8" 8 cms