Our collection of antique fire guards & screens is the epitome of style and charm with examples ranging from Baroque to Arts and Crafts, Rococo and Art Nouveau.
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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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29 11⁄16"
75.5 cms |
30 3⁄16"
76.8 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
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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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54 11⁄16"
139 cms |
26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
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Stock: 16316
An enormous late nineteenth-century giltwood French firescreen of exceptional quality, very much in the Louis XV taste. The frame profusely decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves, surmounted by a female mask, echoed on the shoulders with two opposing female terms, which frame the damask silk interior. The frame is mounted on 4 cabriole legs.
French, late 19th century.
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44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
50"
127 cms |
23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
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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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31 7⁄8"
81 cms |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 16061
A romantic Rococo Revival firescreen in gilt brass. The central cartouche depicts two doves beak to beak in a bower of scrolling foliage, a popular symbol of love and romance in French art. The rest of the frame forms a scrolling foliate decoration and is supported by four splayed feet.
French, early 20th century.
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27 3⁄8"
69.5 cms |
32 1⁄8"
81.5 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 16060
A rare and large firescreen of exceptional quality, crisply cast with floral and foliate swags over an unusual round frame which rests of four lion paw feet.
French, late 19th century.
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25 3⁄8"
64.5 cms |
33"
83.8 cms |
10 13⁄16"
27.5 cms |
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Stock: 15616
A fine gilt bronze fire screen in the Louis XVI taste, the handle forming part of a ribboned design suspending drapery, and the outer frame cast to take the form of a bound laurel wreath, surmounted by fruiting finials. The lower decoration takes the form of a formalised scrolling acanthus design, with scrolling feet either side. French, c.1890.
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20 7⁄8"
53 cms |
28 11⁄16"
73 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 15383
A tall, highly ornate gilt brass and mesh Rococo style antique fire screen. The central panel embellished with an applied putti on a swing. The scrolling frame is surmounted by a foliate handle and is supported by two pairs on acanthus clad feet.
French, late 19th century.
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23 3⁄8"
59.5 cms |
30 1⁄8"
76.5 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 15277
A Louis XVI style brass and wire mesh fireplace screen centred by a quiver, bagpipes and drum resting on a ribboned floral and foliate bed. The frame embellished with ribbons, swags, medallions and wreaths supported either side by a pair of entwined flambeau topped columns the whole raised on two pairs of scrolled leaf and hoof feet.
French, mid 20th century.
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29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
28 7⁄8"
73.3 cms |
10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
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Stock: 14881
An original and charming Edwardian black lacquered decorative Chinoiserie fire screen in an un- restored condition. The main panel depicting a gentlewoman, apparently attending to her hair, in a river setting surrounded by ornate gazebos, willow trees and birds. The outer frame is decorated with various exotic flowers and plants and elaborate cross hatching with stylised floral paterae to the corners and surmounted by bell-like finials and a foliate copula. As seen.
English, early twentieth century.
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25 13⁄16"
65.5 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
10 3⁄8"
26.5 cms |
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Stock: 14393
A gilt brass and metal fan shaped fire screen, commonly known as a Peacock Screen, with an urn finial and pierced arched folded leaves spreading to a fan on a scroll and foliate quatrefoil base.
English, mid 20th century.
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44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
27 3⁄16"
69 cms |
9 3⁄8"
24 cms |
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Stock: 13766
An attractive strong and sturdy brass peacock fan shaped folding firescreen in the Rococo style.
French early 20th century.
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34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
24"
61 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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Stock: 14747
A mid 20th century brass and mesh three part folding fireguard with a scrolled handle and raised on four dainty feet.
English, 20th century.
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33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
27 3⁄16"
69 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
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Stock: 14581
A large and heavy 20th century brass and mesh fire guard with a scoop handle, the cut mesh panel divided into a hundred and twelve small rectangles in a grid pattern.
English 20th century
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30"
76.2 cms |
24"
61 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
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Stock: 13989
An antique brass Peacock fan fireguard in the Louis XVI Rococo style with a small urn finial and nine pierced fan panels anchored in a sturdy scrolled ornate bellflower decorated foot. The central panel with a swagged female cameo.
English, mid 20th century.
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Depth |
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38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
5 7⁄8"
15 cms |
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Stock: 14208
A large antique gilt brass Regency style fire screen. The central mesh panel, within a foliate decorated frame, with applied ribbons and garlands held by a quiver and arrows beneath the scrolled handle. The whole supported on two pairs of hoofed feet. French, late 19th century.
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30 11⁄16"
78 cms |
28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
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Stock: 14530
An unusual decorative Rococo style brass fire screen with a shaped rectangular mesh panel centred with an applied scrolled motif held within an elaborate foliate frame raised on two pairs of sturdy scrolled feet.English, early 20th century.
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Depth |
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33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
32 7⁄8"
83.5 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 14279
A sturdy highly ornate brass and mesh Rococo style antique fire screen with a central brass quiver, torch, ribbon and foliate ornamentation, a foliate handle and elaborately scrolled frame.
French, mid 19th century.
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26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
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Stock: 14193
Edwardian brass fire screen, surmounted by two urn finials with a plain bar top above a rectangular panel with floral swags above piercings, the whole raised on delicately formed splayed paw feet.Please note: there are a couple of studs missing.
English circa 1910.
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31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
24 3⁄8"
62 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 14114
A very fine example of a patinated antique brass sunburst/peacock firescreen with a highly ornate handle, the delicately woven mesh lozenge panels in etched frames and the central frame embellished with classical masks and ornamentation.
French, early 20th century.
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35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
25 13⁄16"
65.6 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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8 7⁄8"
22.5 cms |
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Stock: 14628
A large 20th century fan shaped cut and pierced brass nine panelled folding peacock fire screen in the Rococo style. All panels close and fold behind the ornate foliate swaged central panel supported within the sturdy, equally ornate acanthus scrolled foot. English, mid twentieth century.
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Depth |
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44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
30 1⁄2"
77.5 cms |
7 1⁄2"
19 cms |
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Stock: 14004
An elegant polished steel Arts and Crafts antique fire screen with a barley twist handle, the central mesh panel mounted with floral motifs, the steel frame shaped and studied above pairs of scrolled feet.
English early 20th century.
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25 5⁄8"
65 cms |
33 1⁄4"
84.5 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 14580
A Victorian Rococo style cut and pierced gilt brass nine panelled folding peacock fire screen with urn finial handle. All panels close and fold behind the ornate swagged central panel supported within the equally ornate scrolled foot. English, late 19th century.
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41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
28 7⁄8"
73.5 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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Stock: 14589
A beautiful, elegant and rare antique French Empire fire screen with a pair of entwined serpents forming the handle. The brass frame, with finely detailed and delicate egg and dart and starburst edging, holds a mesh screen with a pair of applied ormolu laurel wreaths above a panel embellished with ormolu cornucopia and foliate fronds. The whole supported on neat foliate applied feet. With stamp Bouhon Fres, for manufacturer Bouhon Frères on the back. French, early to mid 19th century.
The manufacturer Bouhon Frères also operated under the name Bouhon et Cie, specialising in bronze-decorated fireplaces and fitting. They exhibited at the 1878 and 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.
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26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
30 1⁄4"
77 cms |
5 7⁄8"
15 cms |
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Stock: 14462
A brass and cut mesh Louis XVI style fire screen. The brass frame centred with a decorative quiver, bagpipes and drum resting on a ribboned floral and foliate bed. The frame embellished with ribbons, swags, medallions and wreaths supported either side by a pair of entwined flambeau topped columns the whole raised on two pairs of scrolled leaf and hoof feet.
French mid 20th century.
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28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
29 1⁄8"
74 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 14443
A 20th century large, highly ornate and decorative French Rococo style gilt bronze firescreen with a cherub fanning a reclining maiden on the mesh panel.
French, mid 20th century.
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28"
71 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 14435
A 20th century large, highly ornate and decorative French Rococo style bronze and wire mesh firescreen with a playful cherub surmounted on the mesh panel.
French mid 20th century.
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24 5⁄8"
62.5 cms |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 14117
A fine Louis XVI style gilt brass firescreen centred with a decorative quiver and bagpipes, surrounded by tied ribbon swags and raised on scrolled leaf and hoof feet.
French mid 20th century.
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28 1⁄8"
71.5 cms |
29 1⁄4"
74.5 cms |
8 1⁄8"
20.5 cms |
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Stock: 14284
A gilt brass and stained glass antique fire screen, in the style of William Burgess, the two rotating glass panels depicting cherubs seated on floral boughs, within a scrolled brass work frame.
English late 19th century.
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22 5⁄8"
57.5 cms |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
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Stock: 14113
A large and well made 19th century gilt and rose gilt brass, expanding nine segment antique peacock firescreen with a stylised pagoda finial and a pair of monopodic griffin at the base.
French late 19th century.
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38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
28 1⁄8"
71.5 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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10 13⁄16"
27.5 cms |
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Stock: 14146
A tall, finely detailed, oval shaped antique brass and mesh Rococo style firescreen, topped by a strong brass handle, elaborately adorned with swags, ribbons and floral detail and raised on four scrolling splayed feet.
French, early 19th century.
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Depth |
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24 13⁄16"
63 cms |
32 1⁄8"
81.5 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 14026
An attractive gilt brass and cut mesh Louis XVI style firescreen The golden steel panel centred with a decorative quiver, bagpipes and drum resting on a ribboned floral and foliate bed surmounted with a foliate wreath handle. The frame embellished with ribbons, swags, medallions and wreaths supported either side by a pair of entwined flambeau topped columns the whole raised on two pairs of scrolled leaf and hoof feet.
French early to mid 20th century.
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28 1⁄2"
72.5 cms |
29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
9 3⁄8"
23.8 cms |
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Stock: 13988
A fine example of a brass and mesh Rococo antique firescreen or spark guard, both solid and heavy embellished with cherubs and framed within an elaborate scrolling foliate decoration.French mid 20th century.
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26 3⁄8"
67 cms |
30 1⁄4"
77 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
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Stock: 13858
A brass and mesh Rococo style firescreen or spark guard embellished with cherubs and framed within an elaborate scrolling foliate decoration.
English 20th century.
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28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
28 1⁄8"
71.3 cms |
7 1⁄2"
19 cms |
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Stock: 13007
"THE ALCHEMIST".
An Art Nouveau style brass firescreen depicting 'The Alchemist' in his workshop with three aprrentices and surrounded by the tools of his trade.
English late 19th early 20th century.
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25 3⁄16"
64 cms |
31 1⁄4"
79.5 cms |
5 1⁄4"
13.5 cms |
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Antique fire screens serve a vital function when you have a working fireplace. Not only do they lessen the sometimes-scorching heat from a fire, but they can also protect against sparks, which may damage soft furnishings and even clothing!
Antique fire guards are often fitted with a fine mesh to block sparks, so it is important to choose one that is an appropriate size if the fire will be in use. Small fire guards are perfect when placed in front of a register grate as the fire is smaller but for a larger fireplace, such as an inglenook, a much bigger antique fire screen would be required.
Antique fire screens can also be used purely for decorative purposes, as they were often designed to be wonderfully ornate. French fire screens are particularly so, sometimes gilded so they glow within the opening of a fireplace. Bronze fire screens such as these are often very high-quality objects, so they provide a wonderful feature whether they are used for decoration only or serve a practical function during the colder months.
Their English counterparts can also be decorative. Peacock fire screens for example are the perfect fireplace accessory. When open, their leaves form the shape of a peacock’s tail, and when closed these leaves fold neatly together.
Tapestry fire screens are also highly decorative and were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a pastime of women to embroider or weave panels for these screens, which would then protect their fair complexions from the glare of the fire. Victorian fire guards are often inset with needlework or tapestry panels that were made by women at home, rather than sold with these elements already fitted.
For a more rustic interior, an Arts and Crafts copper fire screen would work well, as they were often handmade. As these fire screens were beaten into shape, the finish is more understated and often works well with stone or wooden fireplaces.
We have a wide range of antique fire screens on this page, but if you are looking for anything specific, please do not hesitate to contact us.