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1222
Description: Rectangular shape; no edging; symmetrical arrangement of four stamps: across the top, three crowned roses with a fleur-de-lys between each pair; across the middle, three fleurs-de-lys with a chained portcullis between each pair; below and in the spaces between the fleurs and portcullises, four letters W.
Notes: The letter W may have an apotropaic significance; the stamps have not been recorded on other firebacks.
Inscription: W W W W
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- apotropaic
- text
- objects
Manufactured: in the late-16th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous royal firebacks