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Stock: 16019

A French Rococo Revival firescreen in gilt brass with a scrolling foliate frame and mounted with a cast decoration depicting a putto holding bellows.

French, c.1890.

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	Width	Height
	22" 56 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms

Stock: 16152

A pair of small glass chandeliers, each with a fluted central column and five swan neck branches hung with faceted beads and pear shaped drops.

English, c.1950.

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	Diameter	Drop
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms
With Chain		35" 89 cms

Stock: 15851

A fine gilt brass firescreen in the Louis XV taste, with a scrolling foliate frame, and trailing foliage mounted on fine mesh. French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 8232

A very smart English Regency specimen marble chimneypiece in Kilkenny Black Fossil Marble inlaid with Breche Violette marble panels which have been cut and opened like a book to reveal symetrical veining. The oval plaque on the frieze and the flanking end blocks are of inlaid Convent Sienna Marble. English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	69" 175.3 cms	55 11⁄16" 141.6 cms	6" 15.2 cms
Internal	43" 109.2 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms

Stock: 16174

A fine and large William IV library or centre table in rosewood, the top with a concealed drawer supported by an octagonal baluster stem over a quatreform base and scrolled feet. A very useful piece of furniture!
English, c.1835.

Provenance: Lockerley Hall, Hampshire

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	Width	Height	Depth
	52 3⁄8" 133 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 16242

A large deep green serpentine marble pedestal column with a crescent shaped top, supported by delicately carved acanthus leaf carving over the tapering shaft with ribbon-tied flowers, on an octagonal base. Perfect for a piece of sculpture.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16146

An unusual pedestal, converted from a printing roller, with a heart and diamond decoration on the copper roll, which is mounted by a turned oak top and base.
English, early 20th century.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16132

A pair of Renaissance Revival andirons of a monumental size. The andirons are made from beautifully worked wrought iron and steel, with foliate finials and twisted rings. They have acquired a beautiful patina over time, but could be refinished if desired.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 6124

The Uccelli Caminetto:
A rare and very grand Italian Baroque bolection fireplace in black Tunisian Nero Antico marble with polychrome Pietra Dura inlaid designs of birds and floral foliage. The central panel featuring an acanthus cartouche, floral scrolls and uccelli (birds) with various coloured Pietra Dura inlays and giallo Siena, Spanish brocatelle, statuary, verde antico, Carrara & Languedoc rouge marbles.
Italian, circa 1660.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	84 5⁄8" 215 cms	63" 160 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.6 cms
Internal	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	46 7⁄8" 119 cms

Stock: 16164

A large Victorian chimneypiece in a striking, dramatically veined bardiglio fiorito marble. The large shelf rests on simply carved corbels, which flank a wide and plain frieze, over wide plain jambs with angled returns. This fireplace would be well suited to both a traditional, and a contemporary interior, due to its imposing simplicity.
English, c.1860.

View our collection of: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	75 3⁄8" 191.5 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	11 5⁄8" 29.5 cms
Internal	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms

Stock: 16230

A fine antique cut glass and gilt brass chandelier of exceptional quality of a tent and waterfall design, profusely hung with beads and prism drops, issuing eight scrolling foliate gilt brass arms.
English, mid-19th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	46 1⁄8" 117 cms

Stock: 16145

A superb octagonal centre table in the manner of Thomas King. The fine octagonal top in book matched pollard oak veneer, inlaid with a satinwood border, on a pit sawn oak top. This rests on four spiral twist legs joined by scrolling stretchers and is raised on bun feet with concealed castors.
English, c.1840.

In 1835, the cabinet maker Thomas King published 'Specimens of Furniture in the Elizabethan & Louis Quatorze Styles', and this table is reminiscent of the designs printed in this publication. Thomas King was a much admired cabinet maker and published over a dozen pattern books during his career.

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	Diameter	Height
	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 16222

A fine Rosewood William IV ottoman box stool, upholstered in leather with a lightly padded top. English, circa 1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 16269

A fine alabaster figure of Ariadne and the Panther, after the marble sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker, which was one of the most renowned works of sculpture of the nineteenth-century, drawing huge crowds to view it in Frankfurt, in the "Ariadneum" built solely for its display.
It depicts the Cretan princess Ariadne, wife of the god of wine Dionysus (identified by her crown of vine leaves), seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 15777

Pair of large hand painted chinoiserie design black lacquer baluster table lamps with gilt decoration.

Chinese, c.1920.

Shades not included.

View our collection of: Antique candelabras, candlesticks and lamps

	Diameter	Height
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 16201

A fine set of 19th century steel fire tools, topped with brass finials in the Rococo taste.
English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16198

A sturdy set of Victorian steel fire tools, with faceted handles and a simply pierced shovel.
Victorian, c.1870.

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Stock: 16197

A set of smart Victorian fire tools, comprising tongs, a poker and shovel, with elegantly turned handles and slender shafts, the shovel with a simple pierced decorations.
English, c.1860.

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Stock: 16195

An antique steel fire tool stand with a knopped finial and a slender stem. Perfect to accompany a set of our antique steel fire tools.
English, c.1890.

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Stock: 16057

A stylish and strikingly modern antique marble bolection fireplace in beautifully veined portoro marble with its original matching fender and cast iron work, not yet photographed.
English, circa 1920.

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	width	height	depth
External	64" 162.6 cms	44" 111.7 cms	4" 10.2 cms
Internal	48" 122 cms	36" 91.4 cms

Stock: 10949

A smart set of Georgian Regency steel fire tools with ribbed handles and pierced shovel decoration.

English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 16229

A fine pair of early Regency ebonised and parcel gilt side chairs, the square backs inset with painted panels reminiscent of the domestic Roman frescoes of Pompeii, over caned seats.
English, c.1815.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms

Stock: 16243

A large Continental carved gilt wood panel the central carved aromorial cartouche surrounded by carved acanthus leaves and vines, on a blue painted background.
French, mid-18th century.

This panel would look stunning over a fireplace, or even mounted on the ceiling.

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	Width	Height
	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	67 1⁄4" 171 cms

Stock: 16272

A late Victorian cast iron register grate, with cast foliate decoration and a set of 10 sepia transfer printed tiles in the neoclassical style.

English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	38" 96.4 cms	38" 96.5 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 16260

A set of four framed hand-coloured copper engravings depicting English country houses and their estates by Johannes Kip, from his Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne. Published London by J Smith, c.1720.

Notes: Johannes Kip was a Dutch born engraver who settled in London c.1680, his Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne is considered one of the most important 18th century English topographical works as it meticulously documented buildings, gardens and other such features lost to the march of time.

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	Width	Height
	26" 66 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 16123

A rare neoclassical chimneypiece of exceptional quality in statuary marble with a lapis lazuli tablet. The inverse breakfront shelf is supported by a boldly carved egg and dart undershelf which rests on a crisply carved, reeded frieze. The frieze is mounted with an exceptionally fine lapis lazuli tablet with an applied low relief scene in statuary marble depicting a pair of cavorting putti. This is flanked by floral paterae endblocks over jambs finely carved with flat corbels, terminating in bellflowers.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 1⁄4" 186.1 cms	58 7⁄8" 149.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	43 1⁄8" 109.6 cms

Stock: 16151

A William IV foldover tea table in beautifully mottled plum pudding mahogany, with a fluted baluster stem and a quatrefoil plinth over scrolled feet on castors.
English, c. 1830.

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	Width
	36" 91.5 cms

Stock: 16246

A Victorian chimneypiece in a grey mottled St Anne marble, with a stepped frieze and fluted pilaster jambs, striking in its simplicity.
English, circa 1850.

View our collection of: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 1⁄4" 158.2 cms	49 1⁄4" 125.3 cms	11 1⁄4" 28.6 cms
Internal	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	40 3⁄16" 102.2 cms

Stock: 16124

A fine statuary marble Regency chimneypiece in the manner of Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807). The plain shelf sits over a slender panelled frieze, which is flanked by stylised oak leaf endblocks over jambs finely carved with ribbon tied oak leaves and acorns. This chimneypiece is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Wyatt, as the carving on the jambs is remarkably similar to his chimneypiece designed for Sundridge Park.
English, c.1805.

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	width	height	depth
External	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Internal	39 1⁄2" 100.3 cms	35 3⁄16" 89.3 cms

Stock: 16183

A pair of colonial armchairs in rosewood, with scroll and bar backs, and melon section posts. Upholstered drop in seats over fluted legs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms

Stock: 15439

An imposing Regency statuary marble chimneypiece with a bold geometric design to the frieze and the jambs, and laurel wreath endblocks. This strikingly modern design embedded within the Greek Revival style is very much the antecedent to the Art Deco, despite being designed over a hundred years before the modernist style. This chimneypiece is of exceptional quality.
Irish, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	84 1⁄8" 213.5 cms	54 1⁄2" 138.5 cms	12" 30.6 cms
Internal	50 3⁄16" 127.5 cms	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms

Stock: 16249

A fine and large French terracotta figure by Mandeville-Bernier (1905-1935). The figure is beautifully modelled in the neoclassical style, with exquisitely rendered hair and drapery.
This figure can be displayed either outside or in, and possibly could be used as a fountain.
French, c.1905.

Notes: Stamped with the manufacturer’s mark, statue was made by Mandeville Pottery based in Castelnaudary (Aude) in the south of France, a famous company of its time. From 1880, the company evolved, using the name ‘Mandeville-Combeleran’ on it’s works. This was to be followed by ‘Mandeville-Bernier’ in 1905 until the company’s closure in 1935.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 15503

A grisaille oil on canvas study of cherries on a cut stem. This carefully rendered picture creates a trompe l'oeil effect, reminiscent of decorative plasterwork, or a carved marble tablet.

Unsigned but certainly by a very competent hand. Original silver gilt frame. Possibly French, c.1880.

	Width	Height	Depth
	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 15359

A highly unusual and attractive Gothic Revival oak and inlaid ebony Victorian sideboard attributed to the renowned English furniture designer Charles Bevan(1820s-1882).

The undercut top shelf, with a raised three quarter gallery, rests above three neat drawers beneath which is a central set of recessed open shelves, flanked by two cupboards with quatrefoil paneled doors. The brass ringed handles, hinges and locks are original and the whole is supported on a sturdy plinth base. A finely made piece of furniture with great attention paid to detail and carving.
English, late 19th century.

Notes: Charles Bevan was a Victorian Gothic Revival designer who was noted for his marquetry designs. In earlier years he worked with prestigious furniture manufacturers and designers including Gillows and J. P. Seddon and became very well known his work featuring in catalogues and periodicals. A woodcarver and cabinetmaker of some distinction in 1872 he set up in partnership with his son, designing and manufacturing marquetry furniture until his death in 1892.Examples of his work can be viewed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and can also be found in various English country mansions.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	70 1⁄8" 178 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 4506

A weathered carved stone bust of Moliere, the 17th century French playwright (1622 - 1673) looking to dexter.
French, circa 1720.

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	width	height
	21" 53.3 cms	25" 63.5 cms