Ryan & Smith Pearce Breccia Viola Marble Mantelpiece

A medium sized bolection style fire surround made from Italian Arabescato marble by Ryan & Smith. A classic bolection style fireplace with a gently moulded frame on plain square pli...

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...

A large bolection fireplace produced in three solid blocks of Emperador marble by Ryan and Smith. The Roma Bolection is a stylishly simple and robust e...

The frieze having curved panels of verde antico, overlaid with foliate scrolls of statuary marble. The centre plaque which is dog leg in shape depicts Flora, goddess of flowers and the season of spring, flanked by swags of oak leaves and acorns. The full tapering columns of verde antico marble are fluted and capped with finely carved ionic capitals. This fireplace is considered to be one of the finest and most important 18th century fireplaces to come to the market in recent years. Ryan and Smith have acquired it from the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Walter P Chrysler Jr., renowned collector of antiques and fine art, purchased the fireplace from the well-known Mayfair antiques dealer Stanley J Pratt Limited, 27 Mount Street, London. Stanley J Pratt removed the chimneypiece from the drawing room of Linton Park Kent after the Owner (Olaf Hambro’s) death in 1961, its featured in a Country life article from April 5th 1946 (see additional images). The chimneypiece is also illustrated in Connoisseur magazine 1963 Vol. 154, no. 620, which states “Originally in the Drawing room of Chesterfield House Mayfair, attributed to Isaac Ware...

A Smart High Renaissance Style Antique Fireplace Surround Finely Carved in Italian Brescia Violette Marble, Flemish 19th Century.

Baroque Bolection Chimneypiece in Italian white statuary marble fireplace A Baroque style Bolection fireplace surround of bold proportions with very finely carved columns with a ris...

A Baroque Bolection fireplace mantel in Italian Pavonazzo Marble A Baroque style bolection fireplace surround of bold proportions with very finely carved columns with a rising ogee ...

A large and substantial Bolection fireplace in Variegated Calacatta Vagli marble with a pale background, purple, grey veining and soft gold tones. Stoo...