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Description: Arched rectangular on a plain rectangular plinth; cavetto-moulded edging (top and sides) with repeated floriate motif; within mirrored olive leaves, shield (three pallets, on a fess in chief three mullets, an eagle displayed) surmounted by a crown; on each side above the plinth, a bracket formed of a rose within a foliate swirl; on each shoulder, a dolphin.
Notes: A baroque style of fireback; the excrescences on the shield are the result of careless pouring of the iron into the mould.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the late-17th to early-18th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Whatlington, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Foreign armorial firebacks