Firebacks

Description: Quasi-arched rectangular with 5-facetted arch; cyma recta moulded edging (top and sides); in the centre, an oval Tudor royal shield on a cartouche surrounded by a garter, a crown above, separating the initials, ER, all on a larger cartouche.

Notes: 'SOIT' in the Garter motto is incorrectly spelled 'SOTI'. An example at Chiddingstone in Kent (no. 260) has additional circular, crowned armorial stamps, linking it to firebacks dating from 1589. Brightwells auction, Leominster, 16 Mar 2016, lot 704 (£220).

Copies of this fireback are known.

Inscription: E / HONI SOTI QVI MAL Y PENCE / R

Arms: Tudor royal (Elizabeth I)