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Description: Quasi-rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); across the centre, three crosses formed of the repeated stamping of a length of twisted rope.
Notes: The edging appears to have been formed of the same length of rope. The crosses almost certainly have Christian significance.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- simple stamps
- apotropaic
- objects
Manufactured: in the 16th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, England.
Museum number: 887.1901 (part of the Victoria & Albert Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Rope design firebacks