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Description: Rectangular with arched rectangular shaped top joined by cavetto curves; astragal edging; shield, supporters, ducal coronet, motto and garter of the Duke of Dorset: Quarterly, Or and gules, a bend vair.
Notes: Almost certainly the arms of Lionel Sackville KG (1688-1765), created first duke of Dorset in 1720; many different firebacks exist, all with precisely the same armorial stamp.
Inscription: [around shield] HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE / [on motto scroll] AUT NUNQUAM TENTES, AUT PERFICE
Arms: Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners and round arch (shape)
- astragal (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the early-18th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hancox, Whatlington, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Dorset arms series
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Sackville firebacks
