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842
Description: Arched shape; cavetto-moulded edging invected on the inner edge; Tudor rose surmounted by a royal crown; monogram in bottom right corner.
Notes: The monogram, RN, is associated with the invected cavetto moulding; a recasting, replicating an earlier crack.
Inscription: RN
- Decoration tags:
- arched (shape)
- scalloped cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- monogram
- royal
- text
Manufactured: in the early to mid 17th century in England.
Current location: English Heritage Store, Atcham Business Park, Atcham, Shropshire, England.
Museum number: EH ASC 4490 (part of the English Heritage museum group)
- Attached to series:
- RN series
- Miscellaneous royal firebacks
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533
Description: Arched rectangular shape; fluted pilasters supporting a lintel with nine evenly spaced flowers arranged horizontally; central standing female figure, holding a basket of flowers, a child upon her back, another child by her side, and a sheep to her left; on top, a symmetrical arrangement of an anchor, two paddles and two cornucopiae.
Notes: The figure would seem to represent Charity. One of a series with a distinctly Empire style.
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in the late 18th to early 19th century in France.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/86 (part of the National Trust museum group)
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées (Paris & Florange, published by the author).
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous pattern firebacks
