A finely carved Louis XV style white marble mantel, the central frieze carved with a seashell and foliate decoration beneath a serpentine shelf. The jambs carved in high relief with shells above hare-bells and acanthus leaves rising from the base.

A Louis XV style white marble chimneypiece, the central scallop shell above a harebell pendant and scroll ornament with serpentine shelf, the jambs carved with shell and foliate design.

A Louis XV style chimney piece, the central frieze carved in high relief with shell and floral festoons, the jambs similarly decorated with shells and bell flowers.

A Louis XV style chimneypiece, the serpentine shelf above a panelled frieze decorated with finely carved foliate scrolls, the jambs decorated with shells and harebell pendants.

A Louis XV style chimneypiece, the shelf of arc en arbelete form above a panel moulded frieze decorated with a shell and floral motifs, the jambs also surmounted with complementary shells and acanthus scrolls rising from the base blocks.

An exceptionally fine antique white marble chimneypiece in the Louis XV style The serpentine shelf above a frieze carved in deep relief with a shell and foliate trails and rosettes, the jambs modelled as foliate scrolled... (continued)

An Unusual Antique Bolection style griotte marble chimneypiece.

A white marble mantel in the Regency style the finely carved central cartouche leading into elegant scrolls above the sweeping lines of the jambs.