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Period: Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century Regency Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An early nineteenth century Regency fireplace, with cushion mould tablet to the centre, with reeded frieze and jambs. Shelf a later replacement.
Dimensions: 118cm (46½") High, 137cm...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Pair of American Brass and Wrought Iron Urn Finial Knife Blade Andirons, C. 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass and wrought iron flanking urn finial knife blade andirons with scrolled legs and penny feet. Early 19th Century
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
English Cast Bronze Acanthus Decorative Gallery Fire Place Fender, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast bronze fire place fender with decorative scrolled acanthus motif, upper flanking griffons with lower centered wind god flanked by finial urns, pierced bulbous floral gal...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze
A Late George III Finely Carved Pine & Limewood Chimneypiece of Large Proportion
Located in London, GB
A late George III finely carved pine and limewood chimneypiece of large proportions.
The running frieze carved with alternating finger flutes and panels bearing floral carvings of s...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
An Early Nineteenth Century Gothic Revival Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A highly decorative limestone chimneypiece in Medieval Gothic style. The shelf with a dentil motif is supported by a frieze carved with quatrefoil details. Tracery panels define the ...
Category
English Gothic Revival Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Pair of American Brass Double Lemon Andirons with Spur Legs & Ball Feet. C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass and wrought iron lemon on lemon andirons with double lines of beading , circular turned round plinths, and terminating on spur le...
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique French Sandstone Fireplace Mantel 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Antique French sandstone fireplace mantel from the 19th Century to place around the chimney.
See last pictures for all the dimensions of this beautif...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Sandstone
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with brass urn finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. New York, early 19th century.
Category
American American Empire Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of American Brass Ball Finial Andirons with Spur Legs & Ball Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass flanking ball banded finial andirons with circular plinths, spur legs, original wrought iron rear dog legs, and resting on ball feet. Boston, mass. Early 19th ...
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
American Wire and Polished Steel Fire Place Fender, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
American wire and polished steel fire place fender with centered iron supports and wrought iron base, Early 19th Century.
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
An Exceptional Neoclassical Statuary Marble Chimneypiece with Roman Decoration
Located in London, GB
An early 19th Century English Regency Neoclassical statuary marble fireplace, carved in Italy to the highest quality with crisply and deeply carved undercutting to the sculptural dec...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
English Brass Rope Fire Fender with Original Tools and Holders, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass rope and ivy motif fireplace fender with the original three-piece tool set and tool holders. Early 19th Century. Set consist of shovel, tong, and poker.
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of French Brass & Polished Steel Urn Finial Acanthus Floral Andirons C 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French brass and polished steel Urn finial andirons with decorative acanthus foliage bead work, hand hammered squared plinths, and resting ...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wrought Iron, Iron, Steel, Brass
Pair of American Brass Faceted Finial Andirons with Scrolled Ball Legs, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass flanking faceted finial andirons with centered turned faceted columns, meticulously turned matching log stops, original wrought iron rear dog legs, and resting...
Category
American American Empire Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Brass & Wrought Iron Ball Finial Andirons, J. Hunneman C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass banded flanking ball finial andirons with circular ringed plinths, matching curvature banded log stops, and resting on the original wrought iron rear dog legs....
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Reclaimed 19th Century Georgian Pine Bullseye Style Fireplace.
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed 19th century Georgian pine bullseye style fireplace.
At over 220 years old, this fireplace is evocative of classic Georgian styling, detailed with ‘bullseye’ roundels to...
Category
European Country Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
Fan-Carved Wood Mantel in the Federal Taste
Located in New York, NY
New York,
Fan-carved mantel in the Federal taste, circa 1812
Pine
Measures: 66 1/4 in. high, 90 3/8 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep
Within the genre of carved rather than plasterwork mantels of the Federal Period, no example that has come to light is more perfectly designed or more carefully wrought than the present one, which is an amazing symphony of fans, urns, beads, and other Neo-Classical devices, all ultimately influenced by the plasterwork designs of the English architects Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) Adam.
Of a type that proliferated in the area bounded by the northern New Jersey counties of Bergen and Passaic, the Hudson Valley, and western Long Island, the mantel is representative of work that flourished in the first couple of decades of the 19th century. While most of the woodwork of this style that has survived is found in interiors, various examples of exterior doors and other trim have been noted, but most examples have disappeared as a result, variously, of natural deterioration and purposeful demolition in anticipation of development.
Although considerably larger in scale and more elaborate in ornament than a mantel that has been in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum since 1944 (acc. no. 44.55; photograph in Hirschl & Adler archives), the present mantel is so close in style and conception to that example that it likely originated in the same house.
The Brooklyn mantel is documented as having been removed from a house built by Judge Isaac Terhune (1762–1837), an eminent lawyer and judge. The house was situated on King’s Highway, at the corner of Mansfield Place, at the edge of South Greenfield, a village in northern Gravesend, Brooklyn. A photograph of the house, taken by the German e´migre´ photographer, Eugene Armbruster (1865–1933), is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.
Terhune is ultimately descended from the Dutch-Huguenot e´migre´ Albert Albertson Terhunen, who died in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in 1685.The family eventually spread out through New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Terhune’s great-grandson, also Albert (1715–1806), left a sizable estate to his six surviving children, including his second child and second son, Isaac.
Judge Terhune lived in the house until his death in 1837, at which time, according to an article in The New York Times for November 27, 1910, he, having died without issue, “left the White Frame Mansion with its exquisitely carved doorway, beautiful mantels, and other interior adornments to his brother John” (Part Six, p. 11).
The article continues:
After the latter’s death, the house and its estate of about 70 acres passed through several owners, eventually being purchased in 1853 by Benjamin G. Hitchings [1813–1893].
The house next passed to Benjamin’s son, Hector, who had been born in the house, and then lived there for 25 years. He sold it in 1910 in partial payment for a Manhattan apartment house. After thus having been sold to a real estate developer, the Hitchings property was subdivided into Hitchings Homestead. The house survived until about 1928, at which time it was razed and a Deco-style apartment house with the address 2301 Kings Highway was constructed on the site and occupied in 1935.
By 1910, the fate of the house, in an area of Brooklyn that was being rapidly developed, was becoming obvious. The Times article reported:
The house has been well kept up, but fearing lest the hand of time or vandals might deal harshly with some of its choice bits of carving, Mr. Hitchings removed a few years ago a few beautifully carved wood mantels...
Category
American Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
French Neoclassical Period Fireback / Backsplash, 18th-19th C.
Located in Soest, NL
18th/19th century French Neoclassical period fireback.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. The fireback is ...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Antique Wooden Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A lovely Antique Wooden Fireplace mantel.
This subtle yet elegant and decorative mantel has a beautiful original patina and atmospher...
Category
European Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
An Irish Regency Column Chimneypiece Carved in Solid Italian Bardiglio Marble
Located in London, GB
The jambs in the form of free-standing Doric columns on socle bases, resting on square footblocks. The frieze is carved with a reeded motif that runs over the cornerblocks, supportin...
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French Limestone Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
This limestone mantel, reclaimed from an early 1800s French farmhouse, adds a touch of history and elegance to any room. With its timeless design and quality craftsmanship, it serves...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Reclaimed Georgian Cast Iron Fire Brazier
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed Georgian era cast iron fire brazier, circa 1800. Heavy and robustly cast in iron, this brazier is a true antique, having stood the test of time for more than 220 years. W...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Metal, Iron
An antique fine quality Regency Neo-classical Italian Statuary marble mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A compact and fine quality Regency Neo-classical Italian Statuary marble fireplace.
This superbly carved, pure white statuary marble fireplace was produced in Rome, Italy, approximat...
Category
Italian Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Castellated Jacobean Revival Style Antique Carved Oak Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A small decoratively carved oak fireplace in the Jacobean Revival manner with a substantial castellated shelf and later top, bold carved leaf adornment on the frieze, a pair of beard...
Category
English Jacobean Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Oak
Antique English Regency Style Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique English Regency style fire mantel salvaged from a property in Yorkshire. This pine and composition fire surround is richly decorated. It has a simple yet elegant design to...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Composition
Antique French Fireback
Located in Dallas, TX
This large antique French fireback originates from France, circa 1800.
Measurements: 36'' W x 33'' H x 1'' D.
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Kilkenny Marble Regency Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
Kilkenny marble Regency chimneypiece with cushion fluted jambs and frieze set between corner blocks with roundels. Plinths to meet the hearth and a simple moulded shelf.
Restored.
In...
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Double-Slip Georgian Carved Fireplace in Italian Grey Bardiglio Marble
Located in London, GB
Double-slip Georgian carved fireplace in Italian grey bardiglio marble
Can be made in different sizes.
Category
British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
George IV Ashburton Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A George IV Ashburton marble fireplace, circa 1820-1830, the shelf supported by twin corbels either side of the moulded frieze, the jambs each with conforming mouldings, on square fo...
Category
English George IV Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Heavily Carved French Louis XV Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A heavily carved 19th century statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XV manner. The jambs with stiff acanthus leave to the base, surmounted by bell flowers and scrollwork. The ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Irish Regency Period Black Kilkenny Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An Irish Regency Period Black Kilkenny Marble Fireplace Mantel. A substantial and superior quality chimneypiece in black Irish Kilkenny marble, early 19th century Regency period fire...
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique Georgian Period Neoclassical Style Marble Mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An antique neo-classical style marble chimneypiece from the late Georgian period.
The tapering pilasters are inlaid with panels of Scottish Isla Rosa Tiree marble and overlaid with ...
Category
Scottish Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Period Regency Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality English Regency fireplace in Statuary marble. The jambs with stiff acanthus leaves to base, surmounted by belldrops, acanthus leaves and scrollwork. The frieze with ca...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century English Nickel & Cast Iron Antique Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A very important early 19th century English nickel and cast iron firegrate, with the dogs comprising beautifully pierced rosettes of bellflowers and scrolls, and ornately cast suppor...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Nickel, Iron
Antique Fireplace Mantel with a Wedgwood Central Table
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century, early 19th century neoclassical chimneypiece in white statuary marble, centred with a Wedgwood ' Bacchanal' tablet, with 3/4 round fluted Ionic columns fronting the jambs. The Wedgwood tablet depicts a central group of three drunken bacchic cherubs, flanked by single cherub figures and cherub groups taking cover...
Category
British Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
A Classical Regency Fireplace in White Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
An elegant Regency fireplace in white Statuary marble. The jambs with classical stop-fluted columns to front and half round columns behind. The shelf carved with rosettes and central...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Large George III Carved Wooden Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive, large scale George III carved wooden chimneypiece, circa 1800. This spectacular antique fire surround is beautifully handcarved throughout, featuring acanthus leaf and...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Oak, Pine, Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Regency White Statuary Marble Fireplace, circa 1830
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An early 19th century antique Italian white statuary marble fireplace surround.
The consoles beautifully carved with acanthus leaf decoration to the front and bellflowers to the sid...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Louis XVI Limestone Mantel from France
Located in Dallas, TX
This Louis XVI limestone mantel origins from France, circa 1800.
Firebox measurements: 53.5" W x 36.5" H.
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
English Georgian Antique Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A well proportioned English Georgian fireplace. The fluted frieze with center block of reclining Venus and winged Cupid, the side blockings with the Cupid playing musical instrument....
Category
British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
19th Century Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality antique Italian fireplace carved in Statuary marble. The running frieze delicately carved with sunflowers and foliage with female mask to centre. The full round taperi...
Category
Italian Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
19th Century Regency Limestone Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
An attractive period English Regency limestone fireplace. The jambs and frieze with Greek key motif, the end blockings with carved lion's masks with moulded shelf above. Early 19th c...
Category
British Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Regency Period Marble English Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An English Regency fireplace surround reclaimed from a country house in Devon. Constructed from White statuary marble, the frieze tablet and ...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
19th Century Antique Grey Marble Stone Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in Udenhout, NL
Beautiful grey marble stone Louis XVI fireplace from
the 19th Century.
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A French Egyptian Revival Chimneypiece Carved in Bardiglio & Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
French Egyptian Revival Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Refined Irish Regency Chimneypiece in Black Kilkenny Marble
Located in London, GB
A refined Irish Regency chimneypiece in black Kilkenny marble with reeded jambs and frieze, under a shelf with handsome white scallop shell fossils. One of a near pair, the counterpa...
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Early Georgian Fireplace in Heavily Veined Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
An early Georgian fireplace in heavily pencil-veined statuary marble. The jambs surmounted by plain frieze with centre block. Moulded shelf ab...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Small Antique Fireplace Surround For Modern Timeless Living
Located in Beervelde, BE
Elegant French Louis Phillipe fireplace surround in bicolor hard limestone.
Timeless decorative element.
The bleu detail is authentic art by nature.
Small antique stone fireplace fo...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Limestone
An Elegant Nineteenth Century Italian Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An elegant, early 19th Century Italian chimneypiece exquisitely carved with classical and floral motifs, that reference ancient Roman architecture. This reflects the style that preva...
Category
Italian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French Neoclassical 'Diana' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th-19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with the goddess Diana. Goddess of hunting, also protector of animals of the forest, especially the young animals. She experienced grea...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
French Ardennes Grey Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Expertly crafted in the 1820s, this French Ardennes Grey Marble Mantel exudes elegance and sophistication. Its Louis XVI design features a carved motif in the center and on the mante...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century Statuary and Siena Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality late Georgian antique fireplace. The statuary jambs inlaid with Italian Siena marble, surmounted by carved end blocks featuri...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Siena Marble
Antique Wrought Iron Bowl Shaped Fire Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual grate, the shaped basket with ring handles, reclaimed from a Somerset farmhouse.
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
A Finely Carved Irish, George III Kilkenny Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Irish, George III Period Kilkenny Marble Chimneypiece in the Manner of Charles Robert Cockerell.
Featuring a central tablet carved with a roman tazza ern motif, popu...
Category
Irish George III Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Tall Painted 19th Century Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A tall painted early 19th century oak fire mantel dating from circa 1800, utilising earlier 16th century parts. This understated antique fire surround has a simple panelled design, m...
Category
English Tudor Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Oak
Large Regency Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An imposing Regency statuary marble chimneypiece with a bold geometric design to the frieze and the jambs, and laurel wreath endblocks. This strikingly modern design embedded within ...
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
English Regency Iron, Steel and Brass Antique Fire Basket
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive English Regency iron, steel and polished brass antique fire basket with a decorative stele crest backplate. The deep bow fro...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Metal
Antique French 'Pillars of Freedom' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th - 19th C.
Located in Soest, NL
18th - 19th century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution.
The firebac...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
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