Firebacks

Description: Rectangular; no edging; upon a pedestal at the base, bearing the royal inscription, the shield, crown, crowned lion and unicorn supporters, motto and Garter of King William III.

Notes: The full achievement of arms. Lingen, now in the German state of Niedersachsen, was, until 1702, a county in the Dutch United Provinces, and thus part of the realm of William III.

Copies of this fireback are known.

Inscription: HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE / IE MAIN TIENDRAY / Lingen 1700 / GVILIELMVS III D.G. REX MAG / BRITANNIAE PRINC. ARAUSIAC ET / NASSAV COMES LINGENSIS &C.

Arms: William III King of Great Britain

Description: Arched rectangular shape; fillet edging; central crowned shield of William III encircled by a Garter; on each side and below, symmetrical sprays of palm fronds issuing from a diamond cartouche; below, an oval cartouche within a border of auricular design containing the phrase 'Lingen 1700'.

Notes: The arms of William III are those of the monarch of England with an inescutcheon of Nassau. Lingen, now in the German state of Niedersachsen, was, until 1702, a county in the Dutch United Provinces, and thus part of the realm of William III.

Inscription: HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE / Lingen / 1700

Arms: William III, King of Great Britain