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Description: Rectangular with lifting handles; twisted rope edging (top and sides); elaborate central rope design of concentric squares with eight symmetrical arms each with six branches; two crowned rose en soleil stamps left and right centre; three roses across the bottom interspersed with two fleurs de lys; in top corner, two carved furniture-derived stamps. The width of the main plate is 876mm.
Notes: The individual stamps are to be seen, separately or together, on other firebacks, indicating a common source; lifting handles are infrequently encountered on firebacks.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- lifting handles
- heraldic
- architectural
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid to late 16th century possibly at Pounsley furnace in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 952.51.44 (part of the Hastings Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- Lifting handle firebacks
- Furniture stamp firebacks