Firebacks

Description: Quasi-'Dutch' shape; no edging; pictorial scene of a figure, with arms raised, in a chariot, a boar escaping, pursued by a hound, on the right; below, a figure crouched over a supine figure; at the top the face of a putto, possibly Cupid, above scrolled leaves; above right are trees; other details obscure.

Notes: The scene appears to depict Venus at the death of Adonis, who was killed by a boar. Almost certainly a copy, hence the lack of definition, the scene combines elements from various pictorial representations, Venus being seen in her chariot with another figure crouched over Adonis's body.

Description: Arched rectangular central panel; bead-and-pellet edging; pictorial scene of a male figure seated in a chariot, his left arm resting on the side of the chariot, his right hand holding a sceptre at arm’s length, the chariot drawn by two lions across a ground with small bushes; clouds above with the personification of the wind blowing to the left; arched rectangular border with fillet edging; repeated, linked scroll-work on all sides; on top a vase of fruit between two mirrored serpents; on each side, rectangular extension panel with a curved top copying the side borders.

Notes: A variant has no extension panels; similar to other designs incorporating figures in chariots, though not from the same series.