18th Century Irish Baroque Antique Marble Chimneypiece

Impressive mid-19th century carved statuary marble fireplace. The fireplace has a deep and moulded break fronted shelf, upheld by two large carved corbels with perched eagles, preeni...

18th Century White Italian Statuary Marble Bossi Fireplace An Irish antique Georgian Statuary marble and scagliola mantlepiece in the manner of Pietro...

A magnificent and rare antique Statuary and Sienna marble fireplace. The lower half with full rounded Sienna columns on Statuary pilasters and with highly carved capitals, each one d...

The frieze having curved panels of verde antico, overlaid with foliate scrolls of statuary marble. The centre plaque which is dog leg in shape depicts Flora, goddess of flowers and the season of spring, flanked by swags of oak leaves and acorns. The full tapering columns of verde antico marble are fluted and capped with finely carved ionic capitals. This fireplace is considered to be one of the finest and most important 18th century fireplaces to come to the market in recent years. Ryan and Smith have acquired it from the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Walter P Chrysler Jr., renowned collector of antiques and fine art, purchased the fireplace from the well-known Mayfair antiques dealer Stanley J Pratt Limited, 27 Mount Street, London. Stanley J Pratt removed the chimneypiece from the drawing room of Linton Park Kent after the Owner (Olaf Hambro’s) death in 1961, its featured in a Country life article from April 5th 1946 (see additional images). The chimneypiece is also illustrated in Connoisseur magazine 1963 Vol. 154, no. 620, which states “Originally in the Drawing room of Chesterfield House Mayfair, attributed to Isaac Ware...

A late 18th century Irish Georgian Chimneypiece of simple architectural form, carved in an arrangement of Irish marbles, Black and Kilkenny. A plain central tablet, more densely clus...

With a fluted keystone, flanked by fielded panels to the frieze, on original footblocks. Height 57¾in (146.7cm) width 54in (134cm) Internal height 48½in (123.4cm) width 36in (91.3cm...

An early 18th century Irish frame chimneypiece in Kilkenny fossil marble. The header carved with a central stylised keystone. Dimensions Height 47½in (...

A most important and magnificent George II Kilkenny fossil marble antique fireplace. Designed and produced by William Colles in 1751 for the drawing room in Castlemorris, Co. Kilkenn...