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34
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging (top and sides) with overlapping leaf pattern; floral cartouche with lion’s face at top, enclosing a shield bearing the arms of May (Gules, a fess between eight billets Or) quartering Broadnax (Or, two chevrons gules, on a chief of the last three cinquefoils Argent); at base a plain cuboid plinth.
Notes: Thomas Broadnax (1701-81), son of William Broadnax of Godmersham, Kent, and Anne May, heiress of Christopher May, inherited the estate of his cousin, Sir Thomas May, adopting his surname in 1727. He later changed his name to Knight on inheriting the estate of that family at Chawton in 1738.
Arms: May quartering Broadnax
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early 18th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Chawton House, Chawton, Hampshire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
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248
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging; shield, motto, earl’s coronet and supporters (a talbot erm. and a wolf or, ducally crowned gu.) of Stanhope impaling Pitt: quarterly (1st & 4th) erm. (2nd & 3rd) gu. (Stanhope); sa., a fess chequy az. and ar. between three bezants (Pitt); motto: A DEO ET REGE.
Notes: James Stanhope was created 1st Earl in 1718; he had married Lucy Pitt in 1714. The Stanhope seat was Chevening, near Sevenoaks.
Inscription: A DEO ET REGE
Arms: Stanhope impaling Pitt; James, Ist Earl Stanhope
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the early 18th century in England.
Current location: Chevening Park, Chevening, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Stanhope series
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249
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging; shield, motto, earl’s coronet and supporters (a talbot erm. and a wolf or, ducally crowned gu.) of Stanhope impaling Pitt: quarterly (1st & 4th) erm. (2nd & 3rd) gu. (Stanhope); sa., a fess chequy az. and ar. between three bezants (Pitt); motto: A DEO ET REGE.
Notes: James Stanhope was created 1st Earl in 1718; he had married Lucy Pitt in 1714. The Stanhope seat was Chevening, near Sevenoaks.
Inscription: A DEO ET REGE
Arms: Stanhope impaling Pitt; James, 1st Earl Stanhope
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early 18th century in England.
Current location: Chevening Park, Chevening, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Stanhope series
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250
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging; shield, motto, earl’s coronet and supporters (a talbot erm. and a wolf or, ducally crowned gu.) of Stanhope impaling Pitt: quarterly (1st & 4th) erm. (2nd & 3rd) gu. (Stanhope); sa., a fess chequy az. and ar. between three bezants (Pitt); motto: A DEO ET REGE.
Notes: James Stanhope was created 1st Earl in 1718; he had married Lucy Pitt in 1714. The Stanhope seat was Chevening, near Sevenoaks.
Inscription: A DEO ET REGE
Arms: Stanhope impaling Pitt; James, 1st Earl Stanhope
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the early 18th century in England.
Current location: Chevening Park, Chevening, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Stanhope series
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38
Description: Rectangular; fillet and astragal edging; initials between date in one horizontal line, upper half of plate.
Inscription: 16 ES 57
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1657 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Cowfold Cottage Tandoori, Cowfold, West Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
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1179
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging (top and sides); central shield with arms of Eton College, surmounted by a small tilting shield of the pre-1603 Royal arms of England (France modern quartering England) aslant beneath a crown; to each side a spray of lilies; below, a scroll bearing the motto - Esto Perpetua; bottom left the date MCMXCII; bottom right, a panel bearing the phrase C of A and [?].
Notes: The motto Esto Perpetua means Let it be perpetual. Fireback designed by and made for Martin, Lord Charteris of Armisfield, who was Provost of Eton College 1978-91. One of a set of two cast for the college.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: ESTO PERPETUA / MCMXCII C of A [Charteris of Armisfield]
Arms: Eton College
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- armorial
- text
- plants
Manufactured: in 1992 in England.
Current location: Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.
Museum number: FDA-A.238:2-2013 (part of the Eton College museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Martin Charteris firebacks
- Corporate firebacks
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103
Description: Rectangular; flanged or astragal and fillett edging; female portrait in a medallion of three concentric rings; date split between four corners
Notes: An unusually small stoveplate.
Inscription: 1 6 [?0] 4
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual numbers
- pictorial
- text
- humans
Manufactured: in 1604 possibly in the Eifel area of Germany.
Current location: Haslemere Educational Museum, Haslemere, Surrey, England.
(part of the Haslemere Educational Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Stoveplates
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126
Description: Fragment; rectangular; astragal and fillet edging (top and sides); oblique lion passant above two left facing 'imps', one with right arm raised, the other with both arms lowered.
Notes: One of the legs of the leopard is missing, suggesting that the stamp, which appears complete on many firebacks, was well used and had been damaged; this suggests a relatively late use of this stamp.One of a large series all bearing royal heraldic stamps, but unusual in the use of moulded edging, twisted rope being normally used for this series. The surviving elements were probably mirrored on the missing half. Formerly part of the Ade Collection (from Grove Hill, Hellingly, Sussex).
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, John's Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: HASMG: 1952.51.12 (LA 760) (part of the Hastings Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Royal series
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596
Description: Arched rectangular shape with base plinth; astragal and fillet edging (top and sides) with overlapping leaf pattern; mirrored wave pattern on plinth; shield, supporters, motto scroll and coronet of the 1st Earl of Ashburnham; the arms are Ashburnham (quarterly Ashburnham, Holland, Kenn and Vaughan) impaling Barry.
Notes: John, 1st Baron Ashburnham married Lady Jemima Grey in 1724, and was elevated to the Earldom in 1730. A sketch of an example of this fireback was made by J. Starkie Gardner c.1891 and is in his collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Archive of Art and Design (AAD/2014/8).
Copies of this fireback are known.
Arms: John, 1st Earl of Ashburnham
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early to mid 18th century probably at Ashburnham Furnace in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Mark Ripley Forge & Fireplaces, Northbridge Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England.
Citation: Denny, H., 1937, 'Iron Fire-back', Sussex Notes and Queries, 6, 6, p. 189.
- Attached to series:
- Ashburnham family firebacks
- Personal armorial firebacks
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601
Description: Rectangular; astragal and fillet moulding on top and side edges; symmetrical layout of date and initials; date split between left and right sides, initials in middle, central letter in line with date, outer letters lower.
Notes: One of a series of backs dating to the 1730s and 40s using very similar sets of letters and numerals. K may relate to the surname, while the F and S may relate to the initials of husband and wife respectively. Sold at Christie's Masters and Maker auction, 30 November 2010, lot 521.
Inscription: 17 K 38 / F S
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- planklines
- text
Manufactured: in 1738 in the Weald area of England.
Current location:, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
- 1730s-40s, date & initial series