Firebacks

Description: Arched rectangular with broad fillet edges; arched rectangular inset with cavetto edging and armorial design in low relief: circular garter enclosing an ornate Tudor royal shield, surmounted by a crown; date inside top of arch; initials inside top corners of rectangle; a rose in each bottom corner of rectangle; inscription in a separate rectangular panel below, split by garter buckle.

Notes: An altered commercial copy of a Tudor fireback (no. 288) produced by F. Parkin & Sons (Exeter) and advertised in their 1972 catalogue. The width of the edges of the original fireback has been narrowed possibly to reduce weight and cost or for aesthetic reasons.

Copies of this fireback are known.

Inscription: 1553 / E R / HONV SOIT QVY MALE V PENCE / MOL LAND

Arms: Tudor royal - Edward VI