Antique White Marble Fireplace with Mask and Friezes, 18th Century, Italy

Antique fireplace mantle in poplar wood, hand-carved with period decorations and festoons, central cup, lacquered on a white background with gold details, built and original from the...

Ancient fireplace in Levanto red marble, typical Italian marble also called breccia, has applied bronzes typical of the Empire style, with carved faces and lions. Produced by hand in...

This white hand-carved marble chimney-piece with Scagliola inlay and break fronted shelf attributed to Pietro Bossi who is known to have worked in Dublin from 1785-1798. Not much is known about Pietro Bossi, although much inlay work of the late 18th century is commonly known as`Bossi-work'. An Italian craftsman, Bossi worked in Dublin from 1785-1798 and used colored marble inlay and also a colored paste inlay, known as Scagliola, on a white marble ground. His designs are in the neoclassical style, a style disseminated by Robert Adam in 1770s. Bossi`s process was a closely guarded secret and was apparently carried out behind closed doors. Although, there were other craftsmen producing this type of work, the present chimney-piece can be attributed to Bossi because it shares some distinctive decoration with other pieces strongly believed to be by him. The overall style is typical of Bossi. This unique marble fireplace mantel-piece is believed to originate from a wing of Huntroyde Hall...

English fireplace tools, polished steel, late 18th-early 19th century. With beautiful turned finial. Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for over 35 years with a lar...