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Description: Arched rectangular shape; ovolo-moulded edging; Tudor royal shield, garter, crown, motto and supporters (crowned lion and dragon); Tudor rose to right of lion’s head, portcullis to left of dragon’s head; temp. Elizabeth I.
Notes: Three versions of this fireback are known, with differing edging and one without the rose and portcullis.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: [Garter] HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE / [motto] DIEV ET MON DROIT.
Arms: Tudor royal
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- armorial
- royal
- text
Manufactured: in the late-16th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hampshire, England.
Citation: Baines, J. M., 1958, Wealden Firebacks (Hastings Museum).
- Attached to series:
- Tudor royal armorial firebacks
