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Description: Rectangular with three sem-circular arches on top, the middle arch higher and wider than the others; ovolo-moulded edging (top and sides); top centre, equestrian figure stamp; six small stamps of iconic figures down the sides, arranged in two columns.
Notes: An unusual fireback with stamps about 90mm high; the stamps are likely to have been cast from brass or iron mantelpiece ornaments, popular in the Victorian period. Formerly part of the J. H. Every collection.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with three arches (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- carved stamps
- pictorial
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in the 19th century in England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.089 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Ornament stamp firebacks
- Metalware stamp firebacks