Firebacks

  1. 1164

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    900 x 720 mm

    Description: Rectangular with 5-facetted arch; twisted rope edging; centre top, rectangular stamp, over-pressed, with crown above initials in bottom corners; diamond shaped stamp with fleur-de-lys repeated each side of crown, both over-pressed.

    Notes: Notable for the large size of the fleur-de-lys stamp; this casting differs from another (no. 486) in the placement of the stamps. Formerly at Parsonage Farm, Steeple Bumpstead, Essex.

    Inscription: E R

    Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.

    Current location: in private hands, Newmarket, Suffolk, England.