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Description: Low arched rectangular shape; broad rebated fillet edging; stylised Tudor royal shield, crown and supporters (dragon and greyhound); Tudor rose in top left corner; portcullis in top right corner.
Notes: Pastiche 'Tudor' design by George Shaw of Saddleworth, Lancashire, c.1850, possibly intended to be passed off as genuine Tudor. Another casting is at Hever Castle, Kent. Firebacks with the same armorial design within a different, arched edging are also known.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Arms: Tudor royal
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- heraldic
- armorial
- royal
Manufactured: in the mid-19th century possibly in the Lancashire area of England.
Current location: Mottistone Manor, Brighstone, Isle of Wight, England.
Museum number: NT/MOE/M/2 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- George Shaw series
- Tudor royal armorial firebacks