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952
Description: Rectangular joined to pediment by symmetrical scrolls; fillet edging with embattling inside; shield, helm, crest, supporters and mantling of the city of Bristol; date split by bottom of shield; inscription in an oval cartouche below shield; rectangular side extensions with twisted rope edging; initial on each extension.
Notes: The mismatched ‘3’ in the date is likely to have replaced a ‘1’ or ‘2’. The pattern-maker was also responsible for carving royal coats of arms in three West Country churches and a small number of series of firebacks in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Inscription: T H / 16 34 / ARMES BRISTOLL
Arms: City of Bristol
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with detached pediment (shape)
- fillet and rope (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- planklines
- extension panels
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1634 possibly in the Forest of Dean area of England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Civic firebacks
- Bristol armorial series