George III Pine and Pewter Chimneypiece

The central plaque depicts a pastoral scene with a shepherd and his flock resting beneath a tree. Bales of hale details decorate the corner blocks, from which garlands of bell flower...

A fine mid-18th century George II carved pine chimneypiece, the central tablet carved with the head of Aurora, God of the dawn in the sun burst of the new day, flanked by a frieze en...

A French 1820’s chimneypiece carved in Bardiglio and statuary marble. An early 19th century French fireplace in the Egyptian revival style, the simple rectangular shelf surmounts a frieze with palmettes and rosette paterae carved in white marble. This is supported by Jambs with finely carved caryatids, palmettes at centre and feet on the footblocks. The Egyptian revival became popular in France during the era of Napoleon’s expeditions. This turned into a style in art, architecture and decorative arts especially after the Description de l'Égypte was published from 1809. Known in England as Description of Egypt...

This striking fireplace boasts a finely carved centre tablet depicting a scene from the story of Androcles and the Lion. The frieze is supported by a pair of free-standing, fluted, ionic columns, beneath distinctive goat-mask end-blocks. The story of Androcles and the Lion can be traced back to antiquity and tells of a fugitive slave who unwittingly took shelter in the den of a ferocious but wounded lion...

A George III, chimney piece in statuary, sienna and jasper marbles with a large and well-carved centre tablet of Virtue and Vice, circa 1765. The breakfront tiered shelf with foliat...

A late 18th century neoclassical chimneypiece statuary and Siena marbles. The central tablet is carved a wreath of wheat intersected by diagonally crossed thyrsi, and intertwining iv...

An impressive 18th century English George III pine fireplace exceptionally carved with mask to centre and foliate swags to the surrounding frieze. This antique fireplace is of a larg...

A 19th century George III style pine fireplace with carved festoon centre of fruit, flowers and leaves, side panels with scrolls and foliage, dentil and leaf cornice, and carved flow...

A fine eighteenth century George III chimneypiece in statuary marble. The solid reverse breakfront shelf sits above a frieze which is delicately carved with a stylised foliate design...

A fine statuary marble Victorian chimneypiece with grey/green Verde Antico Marble inlay very much in the George III manner. The wide moulded ...

This pine chimneypiece has a swan-neck pediment supporting three pedestals, with dentil and leaf borders. There is a central limewood oval portrait of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney carved in relief and suspended by acanthus and tied ribbons. The frieze below is also applied with limewood carving of naval trophies, emblematic of seamanship and learning, flanking a central tablet depicting a reclining Marine Society boy. The supports are composed of large fluted columns with Ionic capitals and edged with egg and dart borders and leaf-carved mouldings. English, 1775. Provenance: Supplied by Mr. Tousey for the Committee Room of the Marine Society at No. 54 Bishopsgate Street, London, in April 1775 at a cost of £30.15s 6d removed to Clark’s Place, Bishopsgate Street, London, in 1891 Published: Woodman, Richard “…..of daring temper 250 years of the Marine Society.” London 2006, pp 24-25. Bosanquet, Henry T. A., The Marine Society, A Catalogue of the Pictures and other Works of Art, 1905, p. 14. The Marine Society is the world’s oldest public maritime charity and was the brainchild of Jonas Hanway. In 1756, at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War, he reflected on Britain’s woefully undermanned and ill-equipped navy. His idea was to ensure that young men and boys who wished to ‘learn the duty of seaman…shall be handsomely clothed and provided with bedding, and their charges born down to the ports where His Majesty’s Ships lye with all other proper encouragement.’ During the ensuing hostilities the Society equipped 5,140 men and 4,787 boys for the Navy. In 1793 Admiral Lord Nelson, a governor of the Society, requested 20 lads to join his 64-gun ship Agamemnon at Chatham. By the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, at least 15% of British naval manpower was being supplied, trained and equipped by the Marine Society. By 1774, the Society had outgrown its offices in the Royal Exchange and moved to 54 Bishopsgate Street. Detailed minutes of the weekly Committee meetings describe the furnishing of the Society’s new Committee Room, including ‘a carved chimneypiece...

A very wide George III pine fire surround with composition (Gesso) detailing. Additional Dimensions: Opening Height 116 cm Opening Width 170 cm Width between outside of l...