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1278
Description: Canted rectangular shape; twisted rope edging (top and sides only; two approximately parallel horizontal lines of twisted rope across the upper centre; from the upper line and starting at the top corners, five regularly-spaced vertical lines of twisted rope extending to the top edge, the centre one with a horizontal rope length formiong a cross.
Notes: A simple rope design with apotropaic significance.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- apotropaic
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Rope design firebacks