Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
LOUIS XIV STYLE
As opposed to the styles that would follow from the other 18th-century French kings, Louis XV and Louis XVI, antique Louis XIV furniture is rigid and imposing. It expresses opulence — even its armchairs, with their upright backs, straight legs and lavish ornamentation, look like thrones. Authentic Louis XIV sofas, a then newly emerging iteration of seating, are fully upholstered and often feature decoratively carved frames of walnut, chestnut or oak.
When French King Louis XIV established his royal court at Versailles in 1682, he transformed what was once a hunting lodge into a palace that declared his wealth and power through its design. Until his death in 1715, he reigned with a spirit of excess and absolute political dominance. The “Sun King,” as he called himself, believed that France revolved around him as planets do the sun. Louis XIV adopted the sun as his emblem, decorating the grounds with symbols of the sun and Apollo, the Greek god of the sun. As he stated, “There is nothing that indicates more clearly the magnificence of great princes than their superb palaces and their precious furniture.” He was a child when he became king in 1643, only shaping his style after he became absolute monarch in 1661.
Reflecting trends in French Baroque art, Louis XIV furniture characteristics included exuberant decoration. There were gilded bronze details including shells, suns, grotesques, lions and classical references like acanthus leaves. The years of growth in the country’s manufacturing, such as the tapestries and cabinets made at Gobelins, led to design innovations. The commode replaced the chest as a storage device, with drawers and a surface that could double as a desk.
The materials were luxurious, such as the popular tortoiseshell veneer technique that leading cabinetmaker Pierre Golle used in his designs. André-Charles Boulle, who became royal cabinetmaker in 1672, was a masterful artist of marquetry, using inlays of ebony, exotic woods and mother-of-pearl.
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Style: Louis XIV
Antique Dutch Louis XIV 'The Hope' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th - 18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 17th century Dutch fireback with an allegory of Hope. Hope from the triptych faith, hope and love, the three theological virtues. The fireback is from the Louis XIV period....
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th Century French Louis XIV 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French fireback with two pillars of Hercules. The pillars of Hercules symbolize strength and the unknown. They stand for the club of Hercules. The style of the fireback ...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Period 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French Louis XIV period fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe....
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
Fireback with the arms of Phillipe II of Spain dated 1608
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback with the coat of arms of Phillipe II of Spain dated 1608. It bears the motto: "DOMINUS MIHI ADJUTOR". A similar fireback, bearing the same date, is kept in the Arlon Museum and is reproduced in the book "Plaques de cheminées...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th Century French Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French gridiron made of wrought iron. To prepare small pieces of meat quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire or el...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
17th-18th Century French Louis XIV 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 17th-18th century French Louis XIV fireback with an unknown coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a brown patina. It can be made black / pewter upon requ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th Century French Curfew
Located in Soest, NL
A French curfew was a cover to extinguish and store the not yet burned wood or other fuel. In a medieval wooden house, the systematic use of the curfew was very important to prevent ...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th-18th Century French Decorated Rotating Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th Century French rotating gridiron made of decorated wrought iron. To prepare small pieces of meat quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire or else on a tri...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
Large 17th Century French Fireplace Trammel or Hanger
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French Louis XIV period fireplace trammel made of wrought iron.
The trammel was used for cooking to regulate the distance between th...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th-18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French Louis XIV fireback with an unknown coat of arms and two pillars of Hercules. The pillars of Hercules stand for strength and the unknown. The fireback is made...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th-18th Century Dutch Fortuna Fireback
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th Dutch fireback of Fortuna, goddess of fortune and fate. The style of the fireback is Louis XIV and it is from that period.
Fortuna stands on a sphere, symbolizing the unce...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
Antique Belgian Fireplace Grate, 17th - 18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Fine hand-forged Louis XIV period fireplace basket or fire grate. The condition is good.
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Early 18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
Hand Forged 17th - 18th Century French Rotating Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th - 18th century French rotating gridiron hand forged, made of wrought iron. To grill small pieces of meat or other food quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Seul Contre Tous' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
French Louis XIV style fireback with the arms of France and the inscription 'Seul contre Tous or 'All against One'. It symbolizes the French battle against the European coalition at ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Antique Dutch Louis XIV 'The Hope' Fireback / Backsplash, 17/18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 17th/18th century Dutch fireback with an allegory of Hope. The fireback is from the Louis XIV period. Hope from the triptych faith, hope and love, the three theological vir...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Hand Forged 17th Century French Louis XIV Period Rotating Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French rotating gridiron hand forged, made of wrought iron. To grill small pieces of meat or other food quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire or els...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th-18th C. Louis XIV 'Pillars with Saint Andrew's Cross' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century Louis XIV period French fireback with a Saint Andrew's cross and two pillars of Hercules. Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on a cross in this shape. As a ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV 'Pillars with Saint Andrew's Cross' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French fireback with a Saint Andrew's cross and two pillars of Hercules. Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on a cross in this shape. The cross is since the...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with a coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter colore...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th-18th Century French Fireplace Crane
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French fireplace crane made of wrought iron with 2 fixtures. The crane is still functional. It is used for cooking in the fireplace.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with a coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter colore...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with a coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter color...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Hand Forged and Decorated 17th-18th Century French Toaster
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French toaster hand forged, made of wrought iron. To toast bread or other food next to the fire. The toaster is in a good working condition.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV Style Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Soest, NL
19th - 20th century French Louis XIV style fireplace basket - fire basket made of brass and wrought iron. The total width of the front is 27.8 inch (70.5 cm)
The basket is in a good...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Brass, Wrought Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
German Louis XIV Style Coat of Arms Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th Century German Louis XIV style fireback with an unknown coat of arms.
The fireback has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black or pewter. It is in a good cond...
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20th Century German Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
Antique French 'Arms of Lorraine' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 17th century French fireback with the arms of Lorraine. Central is the round shield with arms of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, flanked by the A...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireplace basket - fire basket made of brass and wrought iron. The total width of the front is 30.7 inch (78.0 cm)
The basket is in a good condit...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Brass, Wrought Iron
18th Century French Louis XIV 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
French Louis XIV fireback with a coat of arms and two pillars. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon. It symbolizes power. The name of the owner and the year...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
Rustic French Fireplace Tools, 17th-18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Rustic 17th-18th century French fireplace tool set. The tool set consists of fireplace tongs, shovel and a fire fork. The tools are made of wrought iron. The...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
18th Century French Fireback / Backsplash with Pillars of Hercules, Dated 1751
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown. The date of production, 1751, is a...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Period Fireplace Andirons or Fire Grate, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French Louis XIV period fire grate or andirons. Made of beautifully forged wrought iron and polished bronze. The condition is good.
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Wrought Iron, Bronze
French Louis XIV 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French Louis XIV fireback with an unknown coat of arms. The fireback is made of cast iron and has black / pewter patina. It is in a good condition, especially considerin...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
17th Century French Louis XIV Rotating Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th Century French Louis XIV rotating gridiron made of wrought iron. It was used to prepare small pieces of meat quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire or else o...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
French 17th-18th Century Louis XIV Trivet
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French Louis XIV period trivet.
It is used for heating up a pan or to keep it warm in front of the fire. In a good working condition.
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron
18th C. Louis XIV 'Pillars with Saint Andrew's Cross' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French fireback with a Saint Andrew's cross and two pillars of Hercules. Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on a cross in this shape. As a result the cross becam...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th Century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A Coat of Arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that be...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with a coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron. It can be made black / pewter upon request at no extra cost. It is in...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Coat of Arms Fireback / Backsplash, Early 18th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XIV fireback with an unknown coat of arms. The coat of arms is flanked by two Pillars of Hercules, which symbolize strength and the unknown. The d...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
18th Century French 'Pillars with IHS Monograms' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French Louis XIV fireback with two pillars, four IHS monograms and the date of production 1707. In the center is a coat of arms of a bishop or cardinal. The coat of arms...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
18th Century French Fireback / Backsplash 'Pillars with Medieval IHS Monograms'
Located in Soest, NL
18th century Louis XIV French fireback with pillars, two IHS monograms, and the date of production 1741.
The monogram IHS stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus the Savior of Huma...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. The house del...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Antique French 'Caritas' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
French fireback that symbolizes Caritas. Caritas means care and love. It is one of three theological virtues from the triptych faith, hope and love. 19th century and Louis XIV style....
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis XIV style fireback with the Arms of France. A coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. ...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Antique Louis XIV 'Pillars with Saint Andrew's Cross' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French fireback with a Saint Andrew's cross and two pillars of Hercules. Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on a cross in this shape. As a result the cross becam...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
French Louis XIV style fireback with a coat of arms. 20th century.
The fire back is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. I...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Antique French 'Arms of France and Navarre' Fireback / Backsplash, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
17th century French Louis XIV fireback with the Arms of France and Navarre.
Arms of the House of Bourbon from France, one of the major royal dynasties of Europe that produced mon...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Period Andirons or Firedogs, 17th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 17th century French Louis XIV period andirons. They are hand forged and made of wrought iron and polished brass. The top of the andiron at the right in the pictures has bee...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Wrought Iron, Bronze
German Louis XIV Style Coat of Arms Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful German Louis XIV style fireback with an unknown coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter with st...
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20th Century German Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Fireback / Backsplash with Pillars of Hercules, Dated 1755
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown. The date of production, 1755, is a...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
18th Century French 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French fireback with pillars, a decoration and the date 1733.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewt...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Antique Louis XIV 'Pillars with Saint Andrew's Cross' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th century French fireback with a Saint Andrew's cross and two pillars of Hercules. Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on a cross in this shape. As a result the cross becam...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
French Louis XIV Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French Royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It delivered kings for Spain (Navarra), France, both Sicilies and Parma....
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20th Century French Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
Magnificent French 'Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash, Dated 1720
Located in Soest, NL
Magnificent fireback in excellent condition. The fireback is produced in 1720. The style if Louis XIV and it is from that period.
This product weighs more than 65 kg / 143 lbs. All ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
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Iron
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