Stock: 16028

A large pair of wonderfully ornate French ormolu andirons. They are beautifully cast, modelled as dragons with snake rings hung from their mouths.

French, late 19th century.

Photographed with 18" swan's nest basket, available separately.


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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms	22 13⁄16" 58 cms

Stock: 16556

A rare pair of large cast iron Handyside urns after the the Medici Vase. These urns were manufactured by the renowned Andrew Handyside & Co Foundry, and as illustrated in the catalogue, are a near pair, with a different subject to the bas-relief friezes. The right is a faithful copy to the original Medici Vase, now on display at the Uffizi in Florence. Both are mounted on their original pedestals.

English, c.1851.

Notes: The Handyside Foundry exhibited this model at the Great Exhibition of 1851, as it was, and still remains, one of the most popular subjects from antiquity.

Having returned from his uncle's engineering business in Russia, the young engineer Andrew Handyside took over the Britannia iron works in Derby in 1848, a foundry that was known for the quality of its casting, owing to the fine sand that could be found in the region. He made a wide range of materials in cast iron, from garden ornaments, to iron buildings and bridges.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Urn & Base	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	54 1⁄4" 138 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms
Base	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 16011

19th Century Victorian metamorphic folding library steps in beautifully quartered oak. The shaped backrest is carved with a simple roundel very much in the Arts and Crafts style, and when inverted, forms a 3 step ladder.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 16558

A Regency Mahogany waterfall bookcase. Beneath the simple scrolled broken pediment, the seven graduated shelves with crossbanded edges are flanked by scalloped waterfall ends, and supported on short turned legs.

English, circa 1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30" 76.2 cms	72" 183 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 16387

The most charming Regency bullseye fireplace in slate, which has been cut across the grain to make a feature of the natural striations in the stone. Ordinarily slate fireplaces of this period were painted, but this one was carefully made to showcase the beauty of the stone.
The slender, moulded shelf, sits over a cushion moulded frieze and jambs.

English, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	54 1⁄2" 138.5 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	7 11⁄16" 19.6 cms
Internal	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	35 13⁄16" 91 cms

Stock: 15840

A large and rare neoclassical chimneypiece in a soft, honey toned sandstone. Very much in the manner of William Kent, and therefore Palladian in style, this grand chimneypiece bears a thick shelf carved with a bold egg and dart moulding and a delicately carved foliate undershelf. Both rest on a beautifully carved half-barrel frieze, with acanthus paterae carved in a cross-hatch arrangement, centred by a blank tablet. The half pilaster jambs with ionic capitals are carved with bead and reel details and enclose the flat crossette cornered ingrounds, with further egg and dart and leaf and dart mouldings.

English, mid-20th century.

Notes: William Kent was the preeminent architect of the early Georgian period and the father of Palladianism. His style was informed both by antiquity and the bold style of the Italian Baroque, which was introduced to him on his tour of Italy. He was the first British architect to consider the interior as part of the whole decorative scheme, and designed furniture and other the small details necessary to complete a room.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	75 1⁄2" 191.7 cms	59 13⁄16" 152 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	46 3⁄16" 117.3 cms

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: 14269

A French Rococo four panel folding gilt brass and mesh fire screen with scrolling Rococo foliate decoration.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	54 11⁄16" 139 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 16518

A very ornate and large Louis XV style giltwood overmantel mirror with a beautifully carved frame. The ornate frame comprises slender foliate pilasters, which support a grand pediment embellished with acanthus scrollwork and a floral crest, whilst enclosing marginal plates.
A very decorative Rococo revival mirror.

English, c.1850.

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	Width	Height
	52 3⁄8" 133 cms	74 13⁄16" 190 cms

Stock: 16495

A fine pair of 19th century Imari vases and covers.

Each with a bell shaped cover over the body, sweeping to a slightly chamfered rim. The covers with panels of flowers, the finials or decorative knobs on the lids are in the form of a guardian lion, also known as a shishi. The vase tapering to a small proud foot rim. The bodies decorated with abundant flowers and foliage, against a scrolled flower background.

Japanese, circa 1850.

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	Diameter	Height
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms

Stock: 16501

A very large and grand Venetian overmantel mirror. The frame is profusely decorated with c scrolls and floral flourishes, and is surmounted by a mirrored cartouche with a rocaille surmount. The original gilding is beautifully worn, with the warm red bole glowing through.

Italian, 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
top	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	70 7⁄8" 180 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
bottom	36 5⁄8" 93 cms

Stock: 16488

A fine George III giltwood and carton-pierre wall mirror in the manner of James and Robert Adam. The slender frame encloses the rectangular plate and is surmounted by opposing griffins centred by a slender urn and ears of wheat.

English, c.1770. Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir George Dowty (1901-1975, inventor, engineer and businessman) and Lady Marguerite Dowty, thence by family descent.

Notes: Carton-Pierre is effectively a type of papier mache, popularised in the 18th century for its ability to be moulded to create adornments for mirrors or even ceiling cornices, as a cheaper alternative to plaster.

Final image credit: Office of Robert and James Adam, 'Design for a Pier Glass, 1772, Photo: © Sir John Soane’s Museum, London”.

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	Width	Height
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	64 5⁄8" 164 cms

Stock: 16184

A very ornate Adam style oval girandole mirror. The gilt gesso frame is adorned with a fan and bellflower decoration very much in the Adam style. The mounted triple girandole sconce is of scrolling foliate form and this is echoed in the surmount, where putti hold sprays of laurel over a floral garland.

English, c.1870.

Provenance: The Grange Goathland.

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		Height
		47 3⁄16" 120 cms

Stock: 16496

A pair of fine and large 19th Century Imari vases and covers. With a bell shaped cover, topped by an onion finial and finished with a flat overhanging rim. The finials are decorated with flower heads, between lattice panels repeated to the rim, the bell formed body with blooms and trees against a flower filled ground. The rim decoration repeated to the raised collars of the vases. The bodies with rounded shoulders as they taper to a raised foot rim. The shoulders decorated with flowers and scrolling foliage whilst the bodies are decorated with arcaded panels, filled with rising flowers. The reserves against a vibrant ground of flowers and foliage. The lower bodies with rising arcades filled with flowers and overlapping leaves. The foot rim with scrolling motifs.

Japanese, c.1850.

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	Diameter	Height
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

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Stock: 16281

An Edwardian small glass pendant light of bag form, strung with beads of graduating size from a moulded cup fitting.

English, c.1910.

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	Diameter	Drop
	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 16330

An elegant late 19th century insert with Aesthetic movement metalwork, and neoclassical tiles in a cream and green colourway.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	38" 96.5 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 16471

A Rococo overmantel mirror in gilt gesso, with a moulded frame that has been beautifully gilded and slightly distressed to reveal the warm red bole underneath. This is surmounted by a Rocaille crest.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	64 1⁄4" 163.2 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15549

A fine Victorian fender in bright steel and bronze, with a rope twist bar, and ornately cast brass brackets.

English, c.1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 16486

A striking Napoleon III ebonised and parcel gilt mirror, with a bound laurel frame and acanthus corners enclosing marginal plates. The mirror has a beautifully modelled cartouche and laurel surmount.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	40 5⁄8" 103 cms	59 3⁄8" 150.8 cms	3 1⁄8" 8 cms

Stock: 9390

A set of six early 18th century Botanical Prints attributed to the artist Elizabeth Blackwell, from the book 'A Curious Herbal' in original colour & published by Hans Sloane Publishers, in 1737. Framed in oak and double mounted.

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	width	height	depth
	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	22" 56 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 16472

19th century Florentine gilt gesso wall mirror carved with acanthus scrollwork and an egg and dart border. A very useful size and can be hung portrait or landscape if desired.

Italian, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height
	34 3⁄8" 87.5 cms	27" 68.5 cms

Stock: 16335

A charming cast iron tiled fireplace with transfer printed and tinted tiles, decorated with scrollwork, poppies and dragonflies.

English, c.1900

	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄16" 92 cms	51 5⁄8" 131 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 16349

A set of eight framed steel engravings after Thorvaldsen's monumental marble frieze, depicting the "Entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon". Completed in 1812, this subject was chosen by the marble sculptor to decorate the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome, before a visit from Napoleon. The emperor was so taken with the masterpiece, that he commissioned a replica for the Louvre in Paris, over thirty three metres in length. The sculptor created another version for the Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen also.

This set of eight engravings faithfully reproduces the quality of this great work of sculpture, which includes a couple of single figures, later conceived by Thorvaldsen, to increase the scale of the subject for the later commissions. Samuel Amsler (1791-1848) after drawings by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869) Published by J.H. Felsing, Darmstadt,1835.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	26 1⁄2" 67.2 cms	17 13⁄16" 45.3 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 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: 16485

A very fine George III wall mirror, with a delicate giltwood frame embodying the lightness of the Chippendale style, with slender c scrolls, trailing foliage and an elegant crest. The frame encloses a very foxed mercury plate.

English, c.1760.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	28" 71 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 16128

A fine gilt gesso George III wall mirror with delicate carving. The intricate frame has fine detailing throughout, including a well carved and delicate crest of foliate form and flowering vines and foliage within a framework of c scrolls.
English, c.1770.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 1⁄8" 53.5 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	4 1⁄8" 10.5 cms

Stock: 16409

A very fine Regency steel fender, with a beautifully pierced and engraved palmette decoration, with brass urnular finals.

English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64" 162.5 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms
Internal	60 5⁄8" 154 cms

Stock: 16462

A set of eight William IV barback dining chairs in deep rich mahogany, the open backs with carved foliate scroll horizontal splats, with upholstered stuffover seats, on turned inverted baluster tapered legs, decorated with stylised leaves.

English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	35" 89 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 16366

A fine pair of large 19th century Imari porcelain vases and covers, with a generous baluster form and lightly fluted bodies. The covers are topped with a bowing foo dog, and the body of the vases are beautifully hand painted in red, blue and gold with phoenixes and fans among a floral display.

Japanese, Meiji period, c.1870.

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	Diameter	Height
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 16353

A very fine Louis XV Rococo fireplace in a breche marble with deep violet veining.

French, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	56 7⁄8" 144.5 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms
Internal	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms

Stock: 16166

An Aesthetic Movement cast iron and brass fireplace insert with hand painted tiles. The brass is very much in the manner of Jekyll but the two sets of beautifully painted tiles are the true focal point, with a scene of a butterfly flitting over a tussock across three tiles, framed by quintessentially aesthetic movement tiles painted with stylised strawberry plants and orange trees.

English, c.1870.

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	width	height	depth
	41 13⁄16" 106.2 cms	38" 96.6 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 16293

A pair of very fine and large nineteenth-century Northern Italian crystal chandeliers. The pair of eight branch chandeliers have elegant central stems mounted with silvered scalloped bowls which are hung with crisply cut prism drops, from which emanate elegant swan neck arms, strung with beads and drops. The chandeliers are crowned with beautiful canes of curled glass, hung with faceted glass drops.

Italian, c.1860.

Provenance: From a fine house in Turin.

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	Diameter	Drop
	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 9197

A late 20th Century carved Portland Stone Fireplace by sculptor, Jonathan Sells of Corfe castle, Dorset. Intricately carved with scenes of the evolution of man, the lower sections showing monkeys and gorillas ascending to carved naked figures. Signed to the reverse J. Sells.

English, late 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	65" 165 cms	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	6" 15.2 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms

Stock: 16311

Antique cast iron fireplace with beautiful green Art Nouveau tiles with a peacock feather pattern. One of a pair.

English, c.1910.

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

	Width	Height	Depth
	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 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