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Description: Arched rectangular; astragal edging with simiulated ribbon pattern; inscription on a banner in arch; crowned roundel bearing the arms of France between two angel supporters carrying trumpets; below, a triumph of arms; on the bottom, a plain extension panel.
Notes: The motto, translated, reads 'Alone against all'; other firebacks bear the motto, 'Victorieux contre tous' (Victorious against all).
Inscription: SEVL CONTRE TOVS
Arms: France modern
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- astragal (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- extension panels
- armorial
- text
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in the late-17th century in France.
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, England.
Museum number: M.3-1918 (part of the Victoria & Albert Museum museum group)
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées (Paris, published by the author).
- Attached to series:
- Foreign armorial firebacks
