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1012
Description: Canted rectangle with twisted rope edging (top and sides); rope line separating rectangle from trapezoidal section, which is, in turn, separated by rope lines into a central rectangle containing a rebated lozenge stamp beneath the date (reversed), and two mirrored triangles each containing what appear to be mirrored stamps of a bird, possibly a partridge, and an initial; both the initials and the date are reversed.
Notes: Reversal of numerals and letters is not uncommon on firebacks.
Inscription: E [or] F 16 04 C
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual numbers
- text
- animals
- objects
Manufactured: in 1604 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Eschbaecher, J., 22 Jan 1959, 'Why in reverse?' [letter], Country Life, p. 153.
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous stamp firebacks
- Date & initials firebacks