Antique Victorian 19th Century Arched Marble Fireplace Surround

A rare and colourful mid-Victorian Arch spandrel carved in elegant Crema Valencia marble, fully cleaned and restored-and ready to install. English, circ...

A large and masculine 19th century arched fireplace surround carved in rich vareated Verde Antico marble, a generous double thick bullnose shelf rests above a stepped and moulded under cornice, supported by a raised scalloped fluted keystone, and flanked by a pair of large spandrels each carved with relief shaped fielded panels and moulding. Quarter round side returns connect to deep revels, all resting on large shaped foot blocks with Belgian Black Marble insert cappings, a splendid and exceptional example shown with its original highlighted arch cast iron insert. Scottish, circa 1895 Arch opening size: 908mm high x 1033mm wide. Overall base block width: 1828mm Marble notes: Verde Antico marble is a breccia of serpentinite, schistose calc-silicate and crystallite marble clasps in a lime-green serpentine matrix, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, the quarries were re-opened sometime between 1895- 1905, for the first time since the reign of the Emperor Justinian (483-565) A similar type marble has been obtained in later years from Northern Italy that was both cheaper and faster to extract. Examples of this can be found all over the world, circa 1930 Cartier...

A versatile and pretty 19th century Victorian Scottish lightly veined Carrara marble fireplace surround. A square shelf with rounded corners-sits above a plain frieze, flanked by tal...

A Scottish 19th century Victorian pencil veined Carrara marble fireplace surround. A classic Scottish design in a prominent well figured marble. A squ...