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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Large Rustic French Limestone Fireplace Mantel – 18th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A commanding and beautifully weathered 18th-century limestone fireplace mantel from rural France. This substantial piece is defined by its robust architectural lines, deep corbels, a...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Limestone
American Wrought Iron and Brass Urn Finial Andirons with Penny Feet, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
American wrought iron and brass urn finial andirons with decorative scrolled circular squared plinths, flanking spit hooks, original iron dog legs, and terminating on scrolled legs w...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
18th Century Louis XVI French White Marble Fireplace with Porphyry Insert
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French Louis XVI white marble fireplace shaped frieze
paneled with porphyry marble.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Refined 1780s Neoclassical Chimneypiece in Statuary Marble with Tinos Inlays
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
A Very Refined 1780S Neoclassical Chimneypiece In White Statuary Marble With Tinos Inlays Of The Highest Quality. An exquisite late 18th century chimneypiece of Robert Adam’s design....
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Impressive 18th Century Louis XV Fireplace of Saint Anna Marble
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful chic antique fireplace of Saint Anna marble, a beautiful rustic kind of marble with light veins. This fireplace is in the style of Louis XV and da...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique George III Fireplace Mantle in Sienna, Jasper and Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A characterful George III column chimneypiece in statuary, sienna and jasper marbles, with a large and well-carved centre tablet of Virtue and Vice, circa 1765.
The breakfront tiere...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Original 18th Century Antique Georgian Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An 18th century antique Georgian pine fire mantel with old paint finish. Dating from circa 1780, this fireplace has stood the test of time for more than 240 years and is in original ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
Antique French Bleu Fleuri Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
A stunning Louis XIII-style mantel, crafted in the 1890s from exquisite Bleu Fleuri marble, also known as floral blue marble, sourced from France. This remarkable piece features clas...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Carved 18th Century Pine Chimneypiece in George III Style.
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Pine
Antique French White Veined Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
An antique reclaimed Louis XVI-style mantel, meticulously crafted from white-veined Carrara marble, originating from 18th-century France. This stunning piece features hand-carved she...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
A George III carved pine chimneypiece from The Marine Society by Tousey, 1775
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
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...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Pine
Fireplace in White Carrara Marble, Carved Flowers and Decorations, '700 France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace mantle, hand-sculpted in precious and solid white Carrara marble, carved with lateral flowers and typical decorations on the sides and pediment, from France from th...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Spanish Bronze Brazier, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish bronze baroque brazier, raised on three legs in the form of curly scroll to the outside, topped with grotesque masks of synthetic features. The container is flattened and sta...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze
English George II Palladian Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
In white statuary marble of strong, bold design, based on an Inigo Jones / William Kent design with well sculpted crisp mouldings and falling foliate drops. A good and handsome chimneypiece with austere grandeur and presence so typical of the English Palladian...
Category
British Palladian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Georgian Style Fireplace in White Marble
Located in London, GB
An English marble fireplace in pure white marble. The fluted frieze with carved urn to centre block and end blocks featuring quiver and swags....
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
18th Century Irish Georgian Brocatelle and Statuary Fireplace Surround
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Irish Georgian Brocatelle and Statuary fireplace surround of white statuary marble with a carved centre plaque with an Adam’s urn design and, on either side, a pilaster ...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique George II Period Marble Mantelpiece in the Manner of William Kent
By William Kent
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Made from veined Carrara marble and white statuary marble.
The centre plaque with a well carved mask of Apollo surrounded by a sunburst. The console jambs are under fluted corbels...
Category
English Palladian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Limestone Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted from beautiful French limestone, this fireplace mantel dates back to the 1790s. Its timeless design offers both elegance and durability. Bring a touch of history into your ho...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Important English 18th Century Statuary and Sienna Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very rare and important English 18th century (circa 1760) statuary and sienna marble fireplace with highly detailed carved centr...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Late 18th Century English Wrought & Brass Fire Basket
Located in London, GB
A Late 18th century English Wrought & Brass Fire Basket, the railed front above a fluted brass fret with s-scroll between the scroll standards and urn finials uppermost. Losses to br...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
18th Century Neoclassical French Limestone Fireplace Surround
Located in San Marino, CA
An 18th century French limestone fireplace surround in the Neoclassical style. Of impressive dimensions, the upper section boasting...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
A George II Carved Pine and Limewood Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A finely drawn, late eighteenth century, pine and gesso chimneypiece featuring a breakfront shelf and a frieze depicting a motif of crossed claret jugs and flaming torches. On the co...
Category
English Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
Bolection Fireplace in Elegant Grey Marble
Located in London, GB
A good quality bolection fireplace in Elegant Grey marble. Moulded jambs and frieze in the Queen Anne style. An attractive marble. Modern.
Additional information:
Shelf Width: 14...
Category
British Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Pavonazzo Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality Louis XVI style antique fireplace in Italian Pavonazzo marble. The stop fluted jambs surmounted by carved panels with flowers and tied ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French fireplace mantle in "Rosso Verona" marble, carved with shell
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fireplace mantle, hand-sculpted with central shell and floral decorations on the legs, in precious "Rosso Verona" marble, built in the 18th century, from France. maximum exte...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Ardennes Marble 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace in Ardennes Gray Marble
Hearth dimensions: 81 x 84 cm
Category
European Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A George II Carved Pine and Limewood Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A chimneypiece of good, neoclassical proportion with canted foot blocks and fluted jambs. On the central tablet are two onions, bound by a ribbon, their organic forms well carved. Fo...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
French White Marble Sink
Located in Dallas, TX
This French white marble sink is a stunning addition to any bathroom. It is crafted from authentic 18th century marble for long lasting beauty, quality, and performance. It is the pe...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
An Early 18th Century George I Irish Kilkenny Marble Frame Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
Irish George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique Carrara Marble Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An attractive marble surround with shaped top and frieze with central shell motif.
Measures: Opening height 91.5 cm
Opening width 117 cm
Width Between Outside of Legs 151 cm.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique 18th Century French Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Napa, CA
Beautiful antique limestone fireplace, circa 18th century, in Louis XIV style, with softly corbelled legs and dramatic carved edge in relief across underside of mantel.
Left leg ...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Chimneypiece Designed By James Paine (1717–1789)
Located in London, GB
AN IMPORTANT GEORGE III DOVE-GREY AND STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECE, DESIGNED BY JAMES PAINE (1717–1789), CIRCA 1765.
Aperture 50in.(127cm) high x 54in.(137cm) wide.
Provenance:
Ax...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
A Late Eighteenth Century Statuary Marble Chimneypiece after Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
An extremely fine late 18th century Statuary marble chimneypiece of strong architectural character and landscape proportion, after a design by the architect Robert Adam (1728 – 1792). The pilaster jambs are capped by Greek Ionic capitals, possibly quoting the recently discovered Temple of Ilissus in Athens, supporting a refined shelf with a charming cushion bed...
Category
British Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Fireplace Limon Stone, Italy Eighteenth Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
large limon stone chimney, upper lintel broken into three pieces
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Large Louis XVI Breche Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and highly variegated Breche de Saint Maximin marble fireplace from the very late 18th century. Rich in colours of purple, creams, white, gold and deep reds. The console jamb...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Beautiful Stately and Carved French Limestone, 18th Century, Louis XIV
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful stately and carved French limestone chimney from the 18th century in the style of Louis XIV. The front section has beautiful lines. These lines have also been applied in th...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
18th Century French Louis XV 'Fruits of the Summer' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th Century French Louis XV period 'Fruits of the Summer' fireplace fireback. With two horns of plenty, a sunflower and other greenery.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Antique Neoclassical English Pine Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Neoclassical English pine fireplace, reclaimed from a Norfolk farmhouse. This late 18th century fireplace incorporates Neoclassical and Georgian styles, making it an elega...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
French Cast Iron Fireback
Located in Pembroke, MA
Nice French cast iron fireback with King's crown, fleur de lis on shield and Maltese cross framed by laurel leaves. Please note that since th...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
17th Century English Stone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A rare 17th century (Charles II) English stone chimneypiece. The shaped jambs supporting a barrel frieze and moulded shelf. c 1660.
Please note that this fireplace was partially b...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Sandstone
Antique Italian 16th Century Mantel 'anno 1596'
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Beautiful Italian Fireplace dating from the 16th Century with engraved date (1596) in basaltic grey stone.
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone
Period 18th Century French Louis XV Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality period 18th century Louis XV limestone fireplace. The paneled jambs with stiff leaves to bases, the carved frieze with flow...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Antique Limestone Fireplace with Cheminee, c.1750
Located in Napa, CA
Rectilinear antique limestone fireplace and cheminee with rectilinear firebox.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
A Refined Neoclassical Eighteenth Century Chimneypiece in Painted Timber
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in London, GB
A hand-painted panel after a Neoclassical design in the manner of Angelica Kaufmann is at centre of the frieze, depicting a cupid holding a thyrsus, playing together with two female ...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Veined White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI veined white marble fireplace, with quiver and leaf frieze, carved leaf drops to jambs, surmounted by pateras, circa 1770.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique George III Pine Chimneypiece C. 1760-80
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique George III pine and composition fire surround, salvaged from a house near Salisbury.
Dating from the mid 18th century, this antique fireplace is beautifully decorated wit...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Composition
18th Century French Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XV fireback with the arms of France. This is the coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynast...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Antique Marble Fireplace Surround Rouge Royal Belge Marble 18th century
Located in Made, NL
Very impressive antique marble fireplace in the style of Louis XV. The size is exceptionally large for a marble fireplace, 203 cm wide! The fireplace has a beautiful scallop in the m...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Fireplace mantle in Burgundy stone with carved shell, France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient hand-carved Burgundy stone fireplace with central shell and wavy legs, the front is also wavy and this makes it very fascinating and of typical ancient historical shape, buil...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone
Fireback, Cast Iron, 17th Century, English, Bearing the Initials W S
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fireback, cast iron, 17th century, English, bearing the initials W S.
Category
English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
French Provincial Limestone Antique Fireplace Surround With Star Design
Located in Beervelde, BE
Limestone French fireplace surround for a small budget.
The fronton has been restored and has a nice star in the center. The surface has been honed.
Measurements:
168,5 cm Exterior W...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
18th Century Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Very nice Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, dating from the 18th century.
Inside dimensions : 120cm wide & 95cm high
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Antique Fireplace Mantle White Carrara Marble, Sculpted Shell, 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace in white Carrara marble, hand-carved mantle with central shell and decorations on the legs, built entirely by hand in Italy in the 1700s, from Genoa.
It has no sid...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
English Steel Firebasket in the Gothic Manner
Located in London, GB
An English polished cast iron firegrate. The legs and front bars of architectural form sympathetic to the Gothic style throughout, the cast iron back plate...
Category
English Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel
A Queen Anne Frame Chimneypiece in Cork Marble, ex-Howth Castle
Located in London, GB
An elegant Irish frame from the early 18th century carved in Churchtown Cork marble. This simple frame is formed of undecorated header and jambs which exhibit a precise step to the o...
Category
Irish Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
18th Century Trumeau Fireplace Mantel in French Limestone
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Beautiful French Trumeau Fireplace Mantel, dating from the 18th century
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Antique Georgian Bullseye Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Handcrafted in the late 18th century, this Georgian bullseye fireplace is more than 240 years old and showcases details of the period with a time-worn look throughout. The design is understated yet speaks volumes in an interior, the pine detailed with round embellishments referred to as ‘bullseye’ on each end block and beautifully moulded along the frieze and jambs with repeating curves. The simple lines of this antique pine fireplace...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Pine
Large and Imposing English Portland Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing English Portland stone fireplace. The shaped barrel frieze surmounted by shaped, moulded shelf above. The heavy jambs wit...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone
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