Firebacks

  1. 1322

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    730 x 550 mm

    Description: Quasi-rectangular shape; twisted rope edging (top and sides); top, initials 'A W' between split date '1665', the '1' of a different character set to the other numbers.

    Notes: The distinctive form of the '5' identifies this fireback in a series with other firebacks; the '1' is also peculiar to the series.

    Inscription: 1 6 A W 6 5

    Manufactured: in 1665 in the Weald area of England.

    Current location: in private hands, Pulborough, West Sussex, England.