19th Century Verde Tinos Fireplace

19th century French Breche fire surround, in the Louis XVI style, the paneled frieze centred by foliate boss, the paterae corner-blocks above stop-fluted console...

An early nineteenth century Regency slate fireplace, the plain shelf above confidently moulded frieze and jambs, with convex roundel end-blocks. The opening width is 90.5 cm x 95.5 ...

Nineteenth century English Regency period Carrara marble roundel fireplace, of simple plain form with deep-undercut bull's-eye corner-blocks. Opening width 80 cm x 91 cm height, Out...

An early 19th century French Empire fireplace, the plain frieze with carved foliate paterae supported by disengaged Tuscan columns and pilasters, in Carrara marble, hearth not includ...

An Early nineteenth century Neo-Grecian Bardiglio marble fireplace, circa 1830, in the manner of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, of bold architectural form, with scrolled anthemion corbels sup...

George III style Statuary and Verde Antico marble chimneypiece, early twentieth century, the inverse breakfront shelf above inlaid frieze centred by relief carved frieze of the Godde...

An elegant and detailed Regency style richly veined Verde Tinos & Statuary marble fireplace surround with bronze ormolu mounts. A reeded top shelf sits abo...

A 19th century English statuary and inlaid Tinos marble fireplace, with carved mask and drapery centre tablet, inlaid Greek key side panels, fluted Tinos marble jambs with oval pater...

A pleasing and bold 19th century fireplace surround displaying a two tone combination of Verde Antico marble with Statuary marble corb...

A 19th century statuary and Antico Verde marble fireplace in an earlier neoclassical style. With a tiered and moulded shelf above the double Gre...

A large and masculine 19th century arched fireplace surround carved in rich vareated Verde Antico marble, a generous double thick bullnose shelf rests above a stepped and moulded under cornice, supported by a raised scalloped fluted keystone, and flanked by a pair of large spandrels each carved with relief shaped fielded panels and moulding. Quarter round side returns connect to deep revels, all resting on large shaped foot blocks with Belgian Black Marble insert cappings, a splendid and exceptional example shown with its original highlighted arch cast iron insert. Scottish, circa 1895 Arch opening size: 908mm high x 1033mm wide. Overall base block width: 1828mm Marble notes: Verde Antico marble is a breccia of serpentinite, schistose calc-silicate and crystallite marble clasps in a lime-green serpentine matrix, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, the quarries were re-opened sometime between 1895- 1905, for the first time since the reign of the Emperor Justinian (483-565) A similar type marble has been obtained in later years from Northern Italy that was both cheaper and faster to extract. Examples of this can be found all over the world, circa 1930 Cartier...

An exemption all quality of England’s finest cast iron and brass fireplace grates. Very rare indeed. Salvaged from a London town house.