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448
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); fleur de lys arranged in a pattern of 20, in three rows: 7-6-7.
Notes: A type of fleur-de-lys used on firebacks possibly cast at Pounsley Furnace.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- heraldic
Manufactured: in the mid to late 16th century possibly at Pounsley Furnace, Framfield in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.039 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
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449
Description: Arched rectangular shape; cavetto edging; armorial; Stuart English royal arms within a circular garter; crown, motto and supporters (crowned lion and unicorn); initials separated by crown; left rectangular extension panel with double ovolo-moulded edging; top, putto face above initials in triad, with flower head below; right rectangular extension panel with double ovolo-moulded edging; top, putto face above date, with flower head below.
Notes: A widely copied armorial fireback with extension panels of a style associated with other date and initial firebacks; the central fireback measures 1080 x 860mm.
Inscription: [central fireback] C [R missing] / ..I SOI T.QVI.MAL.Y. ...SE; [left panel] IRM [triad]; [right panel] 1686
Arms: English Stuart royal
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- carved stamps
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- extension panels
- armorial
- royal
- text
Manufactured: in 1686 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.951 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
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450
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging; central crowned Tudor shield with lion passant guardant sinister to the left, and lion passant to right; four-petalled rose in right and left corners; crowned, barbed, four-petalled rose below shield.
Notes: One of a large series bearing some or all of the same stamps.
Arms: Tudor royal arms of England
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- armorial
- animals
Manufactured: in the mid 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Barbican House, High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.800 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
Citation: Dawson, C., 1903, 'Sussex Iron Work and Pottery', Sussex Archaeological Collections, 46, pp. 1-54.
- Attached to series:
- Royal series
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451
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); basic arrangement of crowned Tudor rose above a crowned Tudor royal shield, all between a crowned lion passant guardant sinister and lion passant, both per bend, repeated on both halves of the plate; irregularly arranged, mainly along the top and bottom, are sixteen small figures, alternately with right arm raised or lowered; bottom left and centre right are two different arrangements of a length of twisted rope in 'V' and 'I'.
Notes: The stamps used on this large fireback are encountered on several firebacks indicating their common source; previously at Legh Manor, Cuckfield, Sussex.
Arms: Tudor royal arms of England
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- apotropaic
- armorial
- animals
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.937 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Royal series
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452
Description: Circular wreathed medallion, bearing the right-facing head of a man in classical dress, carried by two naked, kneeling male figures, between them a scallop shell; above the medallion a lion’s face surmounted by a flame; the medallion is surrounded by floral scrolls.
Notes: The wooden pattern would have had a circular aperture (the frame of which is just discernible) for the reception of the medallion; the same pattern was used to cast a fireback bearing the arms of George Worge, and the stamp of the profile was used on an accompanying fireplace side plate.
- Decoration tags:
- baroque (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- humans
Manufactured: in the early to mid 18th century possibly at Robertsbridge Furnace, Salehurst in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.998 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
Citation: Dawson, C., 1903, 'Sussex Iron Work and Pottery', Sussex Archaeological Collections, 46, pp. 1-54.
- Attached to series:
- Baroque series
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453
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging; irregular arrangement of three rope lengths at top left; rope cross above ‘V’ at middle bottom; impression of a pair of scissors between two impressions of a domestic table knife.
Notes: The knife is early-17th century in date or perhaps a bit earlier, just into Elizabeth I’s reign. The pommels date them from around this time and the long and narrow blades are right for the end of Elizabeth/early James I. The irregular rope lengths suggest this is probably part of a larger fireback.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- apotropaic
- objects
Manufactured: in the late 16th to early 17th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.939 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
Citation: Moore, S., 1999, Cutlery for the Table (Sheffield, The Hallamshire Press).
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous stamp firebacks
- Rope design firebacks
- Metalware stamp firebacks
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454
Description: Arched rectangular shape; rebated fillet edging; shield, helm, crest and mantling of the family of Barttelot of Stopham, Sussex.
Notes: The shield is divided into eight quarters (from left) top: Barttelot, Stopham, Lewknor, Doyley; bottom: Tregoz, Camoys, Walton and Sykeston; arms granted in this form in 1616. Walter Bartlett/Barttelot ran Pallingham furnace in the early 17th century, suggesting a possible place of manufacture.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Arms: Barttelot of Stopham
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- rebated fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early 17th century possibly at Pallingham Furnace, Wisborough Green in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England.
Museum number: 1931.21.005 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
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455
Description: Canted rectangle; twisted rope edging (top and sides); a rope saltire in each top corner.
Notes: The edging is made from the same, short lengths of rope as the saltires.
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- apotropaic
- objects
Manufactured: in the 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.049 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Rope design firebacks
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456
Description: Arched rectangular shaped central panel with canted, concave top corners and bead edging; figure seated astride a triumph of weaponry (cannon, spears, drums), holding a laurel wreath in his right hand, symmetrical hanging drapery above; same-shaped border with fillet edging and suspended ribbons with floral bunches; at base, symmetrical reeds tied with ribbon; base panel with nine linked rings; symmetrical serpents on top.
Notes: Possibly a depiction of an allegory of Victory. Other firebacks have the same distinctive central panel, border shape and decoration at the bottom, suggesting the same pattern maker. Formerly part of the J. H. Every collection.
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.079 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Mayfield 'Dutch' series
- British 'Dutch' style firebacks
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457
Description: Fragment; right part, prob. rectangular; twisted strip edging (top and sides); stamp of firedog with semi-circular feet, and with shields at top and bottom of shaft, the lower with quartered arms, the upper with diagonal bar over a rectangle (gate?); horizontal twisted strip length to left of firedog.
Notes: The twisted lengths clearly show the flattened form of a strip of material (poss. leather).
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- twisted leather (edging)
- simple stamps
- objects
Manufactured: in the 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.914 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Firedog stamp firebacks
- Metalware stamp firebacks