What are antique mantel ornaments?

These pieces comprise decorative objects designed for display on fireplace ledges, ranging from ceramic Staffordshire dogs to bronze sculptures and glass lustres. They reflect aesthetic trends spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.

How were mantel ornaments used?

Homeowners placed these items on mantelpieces to decorate principal rooms, often arranging them symmetrically around a central clock or mirror. Some ceramic variants, such as spill vases, served the practical purpose of holding tapers for lighting hearth fires.

How do I identify Victorian pieces?

Victorian examples frequently include Staffordshire pottery figures of animals or historical portraits, alongside cut-glass lustres with hanging prisms. Material choices like earthenware with lead glaze or cast bronze on marble bases point towards nineteenth-century manufacturing methods.

What defines Art Deco ornaments?

Art Deco mantel pieces typically feature streamlined figurative dancers, animal sculptures, and materials such as spelter or patinated bronze dating to around nineteen-thirty. The styling departs from nineteenth-century ornamentation in favour of dynamic modern lines.

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These antique mantel ornaments range from earthenware Staffordshire dogs to French bronze figures, selected to sit upon a fireplace surround.

Pair Victorian Staffordshire Musicians with Dogs

19th century

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Pair Victorian Staffordshire Musicians with Dogs

From Shaun King Antiques

£265

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group ~ "Poodles"

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group ~ "Poodles"

From Applecross Antiques

£265

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Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery "Comforter" Spaniels

19th century

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Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery "Comforter" Spaniels

From Applecross Antiques

£345

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Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Portrait Figures ~ "Moody & Sankey"

19th century

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Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Portrait Figures ~ "Moody & Sankey"

From Applecross Antiques

£1,450

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19th century

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Pair of Bronzed Marley Horses

From Georgian Antiques

£1,200

3+ MONTHS AGO

sculptures

Antique Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Novelty Watch Desk Clock Barwise London

19th century

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Antique Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Novelty Watch Desk Clock Barwise London

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£950

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Superb Pair Antique Victorian Mantle Lustres.

19th century

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Superb Pair Antique Victorian Mantle Lustres.

From The Antique Shop

£1,450

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lighting

Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figures ~ "Children with Horses"

19th century

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Pair of Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figures ~ "Children with Horses"

From Applecross Antiques

£995

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Art Deco Statuette of Mother & Child by B. Rezl C.1920

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Statuette of Mother & Child by B. Rezl C.1920

From Minerva Antiques Ltd

£690

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Pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire Dogs

19th century

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Pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire Dogs

From London City Antiques

£445

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Staffordshire potters immortalised nineteenth-century current affairs by issuing portrait figures of contemporary evangelists Moody and Sankey alongside royalty.