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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: 16699

A fine French Louis XVI gilt gesso overmantel mirror with an elegant tongue and dart moulding to the frame, which is beautifully burnished so to contrast with the matte gilding which borders it. This is surmounted by a spray of olive leaves and a corbel cartouche. The fine frame encloses a crisply bevelled mirror plate.

French, mid-19th century.

Provenance: The Grange, Wendover.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	46 1⁄8" 117 cms	68 7⁄8" 175 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 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: 16640

A pair of large and fine Japanese Imari vases with an organic decorative pattern and colours of iron red and deep blue.

Japanese, c.1890.

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	Diameter	Height
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 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.

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	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.

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	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.

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	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: 16707

A French gilt-bronze Renaissance Revival fire-screen, the pierced frame cast with a mask and griffins, the mesh applied with a relief of two cornucopia.

French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26" 66 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 16705

A French gilt-bronze fire-screen, of Louis XV style, with a scrolling foliate cast frame and a mesh screen applied with cloaked figure and brazier in relief.

French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	28 3⁄16" 71.6 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 16703

A French gilt-bronze fire-screen, the frame surmounted by a ribbon-tied wreath, the sides with flaming torches, the mesh screen mounted with a relief-cast musical trophy.

French, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	30 3⁄16" 76.8 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 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.

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	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.

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

Stock: 16253

A 19th century cast bronze Grand Tour ewer after the antique, the handle in the form of a swan with outstretched wings and a bird of prey surmounted to the ewer rim.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 1⁄2" 11.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 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

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	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: 16651

A beautiful French oval wall mirror, the egg and dart frame enclosing a bevelled plate, and topped with a Rococo surmount and trailing flowers. The gilding has been rubbed back to give it a soft glow of warmth from the red bole underneath.

French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 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: 9515

A large and grand finely carved oak mirror in the Chippendale Rococo manner, with shell, rocaille floral and scroll work typical of the period. English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	82 11⁄16" 210 cms	70 7⁄8" 180 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 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

Stock: 16234

A fine set of fire tools in polished steel, with faceted handles, barley twist shafts, and a wonderfully shaped and pierced shovel.

English, c.1840.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 16078

A fine early Victorian bird's eye maple occasional table, with reeded and stylised tulip carved column with quatreform base, carved feet and castors. Perfect as a lamp or side table. Maker's label reads Charles Hindley & Sons.
English, c.1840.

Notes: Charles Hindley & Sons were established at 31 & 32 Berners Street, London, as carpet and rug manufacturers, later taking over the Oxford Street cabinet-makers Miles & Edwards in 1844. The company was a noted furniture-maker, receiving a Royal Warrant of Appointment and a place at the 1851 Great Exhibition.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	15" 38 cms