About GEORGE C. BIRLANT & CO. (Antiques)
Founded by George Birlant in 1922, Geo. C. Birlant & Co. (Antiques) is one of the southeast’s most gifted estate auctioneers. Early on, Birlant was asked to auction the estate of a silent film star out west. The items which did not sell were consigned to him and shipped back to Charleston. That became the nucleus for his first antique shop. In the late 1920s, George moved into a storefront at the opposite corner of King and Clifford. He soon purchased the illustrious four-story, 37,000 sq. ft. “Enston Building” at 187-191 King Street. In 1932 the inventory was moved in...Read More
Established in 19221stDibs seller since 2016
Featured Pieces
Original Charleston Battery Bench, Lowcountry Cypress, Cast Iron, dark green
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This is the BIRLANT exclusive original Charleston Battery Bench with heaviest weight cast iron sides made from the 19th century original pattern and durable South Carolina cypress sl...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Benches
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Antique English Crotch Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Serpentine Sideboard
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous Quality Antique English Inlaid and Book-matched "Crotch" Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Serpentine Sideboard George III/ IV
29 1/4" D (at center)
26 1/2" D (at ends)
With rare...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Antique English George III Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Shaped Front Sideboard
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous Quality Antique English George III Inlaid Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Shaped Front Sideboard with original brasses, cellarette drawer, and cutler cupboard.
Please note stunn...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Extraordinary & Rare BFB Worcester Kakiemon design Porcelain Shell-shaped Dish
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This early period Worcester shell-shaped Kakiemon design porcelain shrimp or dessert dish is an extreme rarity. The pattern originally found on Asian porcelains, was popular with th...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Rare Antique English Chamberlain's Worcester Kakiemon Porcelain Cabinet Plate
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
The "Kakiemon" motif on English porcelains is extremely rare. And when it is done by the earliest manufacturer of British Porcelains, the Worcester Factory, and in particular, the C...
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Antique Late 18th Century English Anglo-Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Extraordinary Old English Inlaid Mahogany Adam style Breakfront w/Secretaire
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Most 20th century reproduction Breakfront Bookcases are mass-manufactured from veneer over particle board. This one was made by our own proprietary British staff in the 1960's in Sus...
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Vintage 1960s English Adam Style Bookcases
Materials
Brass
PAIR Finest Antique English Coalport porcelain Rock&Tree Imari Cabinet Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This is a PAIR of Antique English Coalport "Rock & Tree" or "Money Tree pattern" exceptionally hand-painted porcelain Cabinet Plates. They are of Coalport's earliest manufacture hav...
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Antique Late 18th Century English Anglo-Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Exceptional Antique English Chippendale Revival Hand Carved Mahogany Sideboard
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
In 104 years of specializing in period Georgian and Georgian style Antique English furniture, but once-in-a-lifetime does a piece, regardless of age, evidence a quality that is unsur...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Most Rare and Important Antique English Hand Chased Brass 2-Sided Adam Coal Hod
By Benham & Froud
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This is THE Holy Grail of Antique English Fireplace Coal Hods. This is the extremely rare Benham and Froud (London) Hand Chased Brass Double-Sided Helmut-Shaped Coal Hod with rare i...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Adam Style Fireplace Tools and Chimney...
Materials
Brass
Finest Antique English Hand Chased Brass Adam Style Helmut-shaped Coal Hod
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
A superb Antique English Hand Chased Brass helmut-shaped Adam style Coal Hod with exceptionally hand-chased lid showing an "Adam fan" including its matching original shovel and carve...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Adam Style Fireplace Tools and Chimney ...
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Antique English Davenport Hand Painted Porcelain Large Imari Tray
By Davenport Porcelain
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Davenport porcelain is sometimes overlooked by more well-known porcelain manufacturers like Derby, Coalport or Worcester, to name a few, but it is our belief that the Davenport factory in the late 18th and throughout the 19th century made some of the most exquisitely decorated porcelain pieces. And this Cabaret or Dejeuner Tray...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Rococo Revival Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Exceptional Old English Hand Carved Mahogany Serpentine leather-top Desk
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
One of the Finest Old English Edwardian Georgian style Desks we have had in years, this desk is Free-standing (polished back side) andis bench-made in the early 20th century.
Most no...
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Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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