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Stock: 16081

A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze garniture urns cast as models of the Warwick vases. The pedestal bodies with lion pelt and mask-head decoration in high relief and elaborately entwined handles, each raised on a waisted circular fluted socle base, supported on stepped Belgian black marble square plinths, raised on paw feet.

English, c.1880.

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
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 16135

A William IV giltwood rectangular wall mirror with foliate mouldings and foliate cusp half pillars.

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	Width	Height
	28" 71 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 16090

A fine and large Regency cast brass hanging hall lantern of octagonal form, with fine scroll and leafwork, arched windows and a hinged door.
English, c. 1820.

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		Height
		30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 15890

A fine Regency convex mirror with parcel-gilt frame surmounted by a giltwood foliate crest.
English or Scottish, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18" 45.8 cms	33" 83.8 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 15967

An early nineteenth-century gilt gesso wall mirror surmounted by a lidded urn and oak leaf decoration over a simply moulded frame.
English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms

Stock: 15877

A rare set of plaster intaglios by Nathaniel Marchant. Originally, this set of casts of Nathaniel's gems was sold by subscription with the accompanying catalogue, published in 1792. It is rare to have a collection of any great quantity, this set is complete, bar four intaglios which are not present. They are mounted within their original ebony strung, mahogany case, which is glazed and fashioned as a book, complete with remnants of marbling. When the spine is removed, the interior is revealed.
Complete sets are exceptionally rare, and one set is held at the John Soane Museum, purchased by Soane in 1793.

English, c.1792.

Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816) was arguably the most famous gem engraver of the 18th century, prolific in both Italy and England. He was gem sculptor to the Prince of Wales and engraver to The King.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Closed	10" 25.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.6 cms
Opened	19 3⁄8" 49.4 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15872

A fine late nineteenth century fireplace in beautifully veined serravezza marble. The fireplace is simply carved, allowing the marble to take centre stage. The moulded shelf sits above a paneled frieze centred by a flited tablet and flanked by acanthus paterae endblocks. These rest on stop fluted jambs over plain footblocks.
French, c.1880.

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	width	height	depth
External	60 3⁄8" 153.5 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.6 cms
Internal	43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms

Stock: 16082

A fine late 19th century Neapolitan patinated bronze figure of the Venus de Medici after the antique. Likely cast by the Fonderia Sommer, Naples. The Fonderia Sommer offered three different types of patination on their bronzes, as this example features the "Herculaneum Patination", which shows a level of patina and verdigris often seen on ancient bronzes.
Italian, c.1870.

Notes: The Venus de' Medici or Medici Venus is a monumental Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite dating from the 1st-century BC. The sculpture was originally recorded in 1638 at the Medici Villa, Rome and is now in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.

The Sommer Foundry was one of the main Neopolitan foundries that manufactured Grand Tour bronzes for the grand-tourists of the nineteenth-century. Giorgio Sommer was a German photographer and artisan and started the foundry in the 1870s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 16069

A terracotta group 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, seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine, and here, his wreath of vine leaves emphasizes his connection with the deity.
L Hjorth Factory, Danish, c.1880.

Provenance: Coleridge Collection. Anthony Coleridge was well-known in auction circles, a Director of Christie's as well as Chairman and later President of Christie’s South Kensington. He was a keen collector, not just of furniture, but in particular of works of art and ceramics, and he looked after his collection meticulously and recorded it in considerable detail.

Notes: Johann Heinrich Dannecker(1758-1841), a German sculptor who found that the works of classical antiquity made a deep impression on him, as well as the work of Antonio Canova.

The Hjorth Factory was located in Roenne on Bornholm, and island off Denmark, and was founded in 1859.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	3 3⁄8" 8.6 cms

Stock: 16068

A Parian Ware group 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. Although this example of Parian Ware is unmarked it is the same model produced by Minton & Co in 1847 until the 1860s for Summerly’s Art Manufactures. The model - by John Bell (1811-1895) was available as tourist souvenirs.

Provenance: Coleridge Collection. Anthony Coleridge was well-known in auction circles, a Director of Christie's as well as Chairman and later President of Christie’s South Kensington. He was a keen collector, not just of furniture, but in particular of works of art and ceramics, and he looked after his collection meticulously and recorded it in considerable detail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	7 3⁄16" 18.4 cms	3 1⁄2" 8.9 cms

Stock: 16100

A pair of nineteenth-century terracotta twin-handled urns painted in black to simulate Josiah Wedgwood's renowned black basalt. Later converted to table lamps with gilt stands and covers and a base fitted with the lamp fitting, leaving the urns unaltered, so they could be displayed in their original format.
German, mid-19th century.

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		Height
		15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms

Stock: 16102

A set of six ornithological copper engravings, depicting five birds drawn and painted by Peter Brown, recorded from specimens collected during Captain Cook's voyages with Joseph Banks. In his publication, Peter Brown asserted that these birds hadn't been recorded before, so these were the first commercially available depictions and descriptions of these birds.
Peter Brown was a leading zoological artist of his day but the ornithologist George Edwards was also a prominent figure in eighteenth-centruy Britain, and this set includes one engraving by him, of a Great Bustard. The set is a beautiful and fascinating record of the great discoveries of their age.

Peter Brown, published by B White, 1775, George Edwards, published c. 1751. Copper-engravings, original hand colour.

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	Width	Height
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	10" 25.5 cms

Stock: 16053

A pair of large patinated bronze table lamps in the form of the Townley vase, mounted on Belgian black marble bases with applied bronze adornments.

French, late nineteenth-century.

Notes: The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase after a Greek original. The vase, dating from the 2nd century, was discovered in 1773 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish Antiquarian. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased the vase after its discovery. After his death, the vase was brought to its final home, the British Museum.

Shades not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 3⁄8" 16.2 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms

Stock: 16072

A pair of William IV tea tables, with book matched veneered tops in the rare Goncalo Alves, or Brazilian tiger wood, the mirror image of the other. The folding tops are mounted on sweeping hexagonal baluster supports, over swept feet. The tables are on oak carcasses, which is a further mark of quality.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth open
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 16104

A pair of late 19th century bronze copies of the Townley Vase, each cast in relief with classical figures, raised upon stepped Belgian black marble plinths with incised gilt foliate detail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 5⁄8" 14.1 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 16097

A vibrant Heriz wool carpet, from North-west Persia, with a terracotta field with a central floral medallion, within a trailing vine border.
Iranian, c.1950.

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	Width	Height
	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms

Stock: 15886

A pair of early 20th century Dutch style brass five branch chandeliers, featuring knopped bulbous stem with ring terminals and scrolling branches.
English, c.1900.

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	Diamter	Drop
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 16041

A pair of good quality nineteenth-century ormolu wall lights in the Louis XVI style, topped with ribbons and urns to the backplates. Could easily be converted to electricity, which is included in the price.
English, c.1890.

Provenance: Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	15 1⁄8" 38.4 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 16008

An Aesthetic Movement ebonised and parcel gilt centre or library table by Maple and Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. The gilt and painted panelled frieze with a single lockable draw is decorated with stylised foliage and sunflowers with carver foliate details to the corners. All supported on turned legs and a lower shelf with galleried ends, above a double stretcher with turned spindles. The top edge of the draw is stamped MAPLE & CO.

English, circa 1880.

Established in 1841, Maple and Co were leading makers and retailers of fine furniture, operating from their warehouse and showroom on Tottenham Court Road. They enjoying international acclaim, and had an outfit in Paris in order to satiate the continents appetite for their wares.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 15535

A set of three small silver plated five arm chandeliers in the Dutch Baroque style.
English, c.1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15639

An antique gilt brass fire screen in the shape of a fan, commonly known as a peacock screen. The intricately pierced leaves fold within an ornate gilt brass frame with bound laurel decoration, topped with an urn finial.
French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	27" 68.5 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

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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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 3⁄8" 69.5 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

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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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms	33" 83.8 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms

Stock: 15898

A large and ornate pair of Rococo two branch wall lights in gilt brass, comprising intricately scrolling foliage, and slender arms which are mounted with drip pans in the form of flowers.

English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 16036

A striking 1920s glass lustre chandelier with moulded glass canopy over strings of faceted glass lozenges descending to a bowl constructed of prism rods, hung with further faceted drops and orb. An usual and very striking chandelier of excellent quality, on a silvered frame.

English, c.1920.

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	Diameter	Drop
	15" 38 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms

Stock: 15969

A pair of Italian giltwood wall brackets. These are perfect for use as a decoration, or for displaying sculpture and ceramics. Italian, c.1950.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms

Stock: 15876

A fine Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece carved from the beautifully veined breccia seravezza marble, which incorporates soft grey and khaki tones on a a creamy ground. The fireplaces' serpentine shelf sits above a low and wide frieze, which is panelled and centred by a finely carved rocaille motif over boldly carved jambs.
The chimneypiece comes with its original cast iron insert, which is beautifully cast and decorated with putti and other Rococo motifs.
French, late 19th century.
Cast Iron Insert opening:
Width: 25"
Height: 23 1/2"

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	width	height	depth
External	62 1⁄4" 158.2 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms
Internal	45 5⁄8" 115.8 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 15907

A large and grand Rococo white statuary marble fireplace, profusely carved in high relief to create a true statement piece. The moulded serpentine shelf sits an ornate frieze, carved with stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, centred by a beautifully carved scallop shell cartouche. This motif is echoed in the C scroll cartouche which sits above bold console jambs, also carved with flowers and curling acanthus leaves.

Scottish, mid-19th century.

Provenance: From a private Belgian collection.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 7⁄8" 169.8 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	14" 35.6 cms
Internal	41 13⁄16" 106.1 cms	34 1⁄2" 87.7 cms

Stock: 14665

A gilt brass and bronze patinated clock garniture, with original gilt wood and royal blue velvet bases. The gilded case has decorative silvered, gilded and patinated panels. This matches the technique on the garniture, and this decoration is flanked by scrolling handles adorned with gorgons.
The movement by the renowned Parisian clock designer and maker, Louis Achille Brocot, strikes the hours and half hours on a single gong. Louis Achille Brocot was responsible for a great number of design innovations in French clock making during the mid 19th century.
French, circa 1870.

Louis Achille Brocot was born to a renowned clockmaking family in 1817. He went on to become an awarding winning clockmaker and mathematician. He invented the Brocot suspension which allowed the length of the pendulum to be altered, adjusting the time by turning a key on the dial. He died in 1878.

View our collection of: Antique clocks and clock garniture A large Victorian Gothic walnut cased bracket clock

	width	height	depth
Clock	11 13⁄16" 30 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms
Vases	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16002

A pair of fine Arita ware jars and covers, finely hand-painted with organic floral decoration.
Japanese, c.1880.

Notes: It is said that a Korean ceramist travelled to Japan and discovered a seam of porcelain stone in the province of Arita the early 17th century. Following this discovery, the manufacture of ceramics proliferated in Arita, and much was exported by the Dutch East India company to Europe, where was revered for its quality.

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	Diameter	Height
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	12 13⁄16" 32.5 cms

Stock: 15938

A small gilt-brass, cut and moulded glass eight arm chandelier, profusely hung with faceted beads and drops on a moulded glass stem.
Early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Drop
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 16013

A fine pair of 19th century and later ormolu wall sconces, each modelled as an Atlas figure stood upon a curved bracket with acanthus support, supporting a plain globe mounted with three scrolling branches with beaded sockets above foliate drip pans.

French, c.1890 with later modification to light fittings.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13" 33 cms	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 15870

An elegant Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece in finely veined Carrara marble. The moulded shelf sits above a serpentine frieze which is centred by a stylised 'rocaille' cartouche. This is flanked by scrolling endblocks which rest above panelled, console jambs.

French, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	41 7⁄8" 106.3 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms
Internal	36" 91.5 cms	34 5⁄8" 88 cms

Stock: 15960

A pair of Aesthetic Movement andirons attributed to Thomas Jekyll and possibly made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards. Although unmarked, they possess the qualities of Jekyll's designs, with his signature use of Japanese mons within the decoration on the shafts. The rosettes symbolise night and day and with beautiful repoussé work a Kingfisher on a branch represents Day, or dawn, with the sun rising behind him, whilst the owl represents Night and is surrounded by stars.
English, c.1875.

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 Jekyll.
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.

	Width	Height	Depth
	7" 17.7 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 16025

A pair of good quality patinated bronze two tier nine branch chandeliers in the Dutch style.
English, c.1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	27 13⁄16" 70.5 cms	22" 56 cms