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Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); irregular arrangement of four stamps in three rows: face mask with ruff (7), flower head with four petals and leaflets (4), fleur-de-lys (7), and profile of head with ‘Roman’ crest (2); initials replace stamps top left and centre.
Notes: A smaller, dated variant is at Godolphin House, Helston.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: AT nS
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- heraldic
- text
- humans
- plants
Manufactured: in the early 17th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: The Dorset Arms, Withyham, East Sussex, England.
Citation: Lloyd, N., 1925, 'Domestic Ironwork I', Architectural Review, 58, pp. 58-67.
- Attached to series:
- Primitive stamp series
