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553
Description: Arched rectangular shape; bead-on-fillet edging; standing figure of a female holding a torch in her right hand, a goat by her feet, and a bush bottom left; arched rectangular border with ovolo-moulded edging; symmetrical arrangement of scrolled foliage; on top, a scallop shell with a descending dolphin on each side of the arch.
Notes: The figure is an allegorical representation of Wisdom.
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/45 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' tall arch series
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554
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with bead-on-fillet edging; pictorial scene of a seated female holding a small child, with two putti, one on each side of her, the one on her right holding an olive branch, the one on her left holding a flaming heart, his foot aginst a globe; arched rectangular border with fillet edging; top centre, laurel wreath from which descend festoons of flowers and fruit suspended from roses; at the bottom, a cartouche containing the intials between two cornucopiae; on top, a scallop shell between two descending dolphins.
Notes: The group is an allegorical representation of Charity
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: H S
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- text
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/46 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
- Charity firebacks
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557
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with bead edging; pictorial scene of Venus, naked and kneeling, and Adonis, standing, holding a spear in his left hand, with Cupid to the left, and a hound and a quiver of arrows below to the right; arched rectangular border with fillet edging; at top of arch, grape bunches; at each side, a festoon of fruit suspended on a ribbon from a lion's head; at the bottom, an oval cartouche between flowers; on top, an urn from which descends a dolphin on each side of the arch.
Notes: The scene is based on the painting (c.1635) of Venus and Adonis by Peter Paul Rubens; the same central panel is known with several different borders.
Copies of this fireback are known.
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/49 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
- Venus and Adonis firebacks
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571
Description: Arched rectangular shaped central panel with bead-on-fillet edging; pictorial scene of the interior of the stable at Bethlehem with a stone arched doorway and a hay stall in the background; in the left foreground the seated figure of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, and Joseph behind; behind Joseph a donkey, and to the left of the child a seated ox; to the right, three figures, one kneeling and another holding a hat; in front of the kneeling figure a basket; arched rectangular border with fillet edging and a repeated leaf pattern; on top, a scallop shell between two dolphins.
Notes: The scene is of the Adoration by the Magi - Matthew 2: 11.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/62 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
- New Testament firebacks
- 'Dutch' Dolphin series
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577
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with bead-and-pellet edging; pictorial scene of Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, the former's hand being stayed by an angel, a ram in an adjacent thicket; arched rectangular border with fillet edging; arrangement of sunflowers linked with festoons of leaves; at bottom, swirled foliage; on top, a scallop shell between mirrored swirled foliage.
Notes: The scene is from the Old Testament - Genesis 22: 12; a popular subject on firebacks.
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/68 (part of the National Trust museum group)
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578
Description: Arched rectangular shape with arch; bead-on-fillet edging within a cavetto-moulded border; pictorial representation of a man and woman in the dress of the mid 17th century, with a fruit tree between them.
Notes: The significance of this design has not been satisfactorily explained. Carpentier suggests it may be a contemporary depiction of Adam and Eve.
Copies of this fireback are known.
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular with arch (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/69 (part of the National Trust museum group)
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées, Paris.
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
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580
Description: Arched rectangular shape with fillet edging and a repeated line and concentric semi-circle design; wicker enclosure with gate at bottom, overlaid with a lion rampant surmounted by a crown.
Notes: The enclosure is the Garden of Holland (Hollandse Tuin) and the lion the badge of the States General of the Netherlands; on the shoulders of the plate, and on three other positions equally spaced around the arch, repeated small fleurs-d-lys.
Inscription: ...E HOV...
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- text
- animals
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/71 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
- 'Dutch' Garden of Holland firebacks
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581
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with arch and bead-on-fillet edging; pictorial representation of a popinjay, or parrot, perched on a ring suspended by a string, the bird is clutching an olive twig, two others are below; arched rectangular border with arch; cavetto-moulded edging;to left and right, a Corinthian column with twisted lower part, and an entablature above; at top, a central flower with scrolls descending on both sides of the arch; on top, n orb, repeated on each shoulder of the plate.
Notes: The inscription is a mis-spelling of the German for parrot; the parrot on the ring perch is a popular design on Dutch firebacks.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: PAPEGEI
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular with arch (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- architectural
- text
- animals
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of England.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/72 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
- 'Dutch' Bird on perch firebacks
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525
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with bead edging; pictorial scene of two putti bent over a central anvil, with a third putto above; below are martial symbols (cannon, banners etc.); in the arch the word 'PAX', and in the shoulders of the panel, the date in two parts; arched rectangular boreder with fillet edging, and foliage draped from the top; on top, a pomegranate to which ascends a serpent on each side, with a further pomegranate on each shoulder of the plate.
Notes: The scene may be intended to represent the infant Vulcan.
Inscription: PAX / 16 79
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual numbers
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in 1679 possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/79 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
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531
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with cavetto-moulded edging; standing female figure holding a bunch of lowers in her left hand and a pot of flowers in her ight hand; to her left a ribbed, two-handled vase of tulips, to her right a fountain with a seated figure of Neptune/Poseidon holding a trident in the right hand; the words, Fruhling, split by the figure; above, clouds; on top a scallop shell between two descending sea serpents.
Notes: The iconic figure of Spring.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: FRVH LING
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- double fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- text
- humans
- plants
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/84 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks