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398
Description: Rectangular; cyma curve and fillet edging; crowned Tudor rose within a pediment resting on Tuscan pilasters and pedestals.
Notes: The rose and crown are more finely modelled than other versions.
Copies of this fireback are known.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- cyma curve and fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- architectural
- royal
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.942 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous royal firebacks
- Pedimented rose and crown series
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443
Description: Canted rectangle; plain plate with two rows of fleurs de lys, eight in the top row, three off set above the other five, and five in a single row along the bottom.
Notes: The fleurs-de-lys are the same as are seen on firebacks thought to have been cast at Pounsley.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners (shape)
- none (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: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
(part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
Citation: Butterfield, W. R., 1916, 'Old Wealden Firebacks', The Connoisseur, 46, pp. 197-209.
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
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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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461
Description: Canted rectangle; twisted rope edging; irregularly spaced, 5 x 5 rope grid; damage to top right corner.
Notes: A 5 x 3 variant is also known.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.046 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Rope design firebacks
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854
Description: Sub-rectangular fragment; undulating vine tendril strip repeated twice vertically from left edge with a bird stamp (probably a swan, a Lancastrian badge) repeated three times between, interspersed with a grape cluster stamp repeated seven times; vine tendril stamp repeated twice horizontally at right angles to rightmost vertical strip, three bird stamps between strips and two above, interspersed with seven grape cluster stamps.
Notes: This fragment incorporates common elements from a large series of firebacks.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- trailing vine (edging)
- carved stamps
- animals
- plants
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century possibly at Pounsley Furnace, Framfield in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.924 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- Vine strip series
- Swan series
- Furniture stamp firebacks
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1053
Description: Rectangular; cyma curve and fillet edging; crowned Tudor rose within a pediment resting on Tuscan pilasters and pedestals; faint impression of a shield bearing a lion rampant repeated in each top corner.
Notes: The width of this fireback may indicate that another fireback in this series was used as its pattern and the shields added before casting.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- cyma curve and fillet (edging)
- carved stamps
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- architectural
- armorial
- royal
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: LH000.954 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous royal firebacks
- Pedimented rose and crown series
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468
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); stamp formed of a bordered strip with an undulating vine with grapes and leaves, repeated six times in three horizontal rows of two; below, a short piece of the same strip positioned vertically and repeated twelve times.
Notes: The vine strip features on many firebacks indicating a common source. Illustration from Lloyd, 1925.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century possibly at Pounsley Furnace, Framfield in the Weald area of England.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Lloyd, N., 1925, 'Domestic Ironwork I', Architectural Review, 58, pp. 58-67.
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- Vine strip series
- Furniture stamp firebacks
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469
Description: Quasi-rectangular; edging formed of repeated bordered strip with undulating vine with fruit and leaves; horizontal line of two uneavenly repeated vine strips dividing the plate into two compartments, the upper comprising a grape bunch repeated eighteen times, the lower comprising a bird (probably a swan, a Lancastrian badge), its head turned to its left and one visible wing displayed and inverted, repeated five times with a grape bunch repeated twelve times at the ends and between each swan on the top and bottom of the compartment.
Notes: The vine strip, swan and grape bunch stamps feature on many firebacks indicating a common source. Illustration from Lloyd, 1925.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- trailing vine (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- animals
- plants
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century possibly at Pounsley Furnace, Framfield in the Weald area of England.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Lloyd, N., 1925, 'Domestic Ironwork I', Architectural Review, 58, pp. 58-67.
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- Vine strip series
- Swan series
- Furniture stamp firebacks
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474
Description: Fragment; arched rectangular shape with rounded corners; ovolo within fillet moulding all round; oval Tudor royal shield with garter surrounding, topped with a royal crown; dragon and greyhound supporters; initials split by crown; inscription on a fillet between legs of supporters, behind garter finial; motto on an Ionic plinth at bottom; left hand rectangular extension panel with twisted rope edging on top and side: initials in top left corner, ‘dragon’s head’ in top right corner, rose-en-soleil stamp in centre, rose stamp bottom centre.
Notes: The letters on the extension panel are the same form and size as those on the top of the armorial pattern, indicating that they were added to the armorial, perhaps to indicate a change of reign. The letter 'E' has also been noted on another fireback of the same series. The rose-en-soleil was the badge of King Edward IV and, thus, a Yorkist symbol; it is seen on other firebacks. From a house in Chailey, Sussex. Illustration from Lower (1849).
Inscription: E R / E / R / HONY SOIT QUE MAL Y PAYNCE / Made in Sussex by John Harvo / DV ET MOVN DR...
Arms: Tudor royal
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- carved stamps
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- armorial
- royal
- text
- animals
- plants
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: not known.
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- John Harvo series
- Rose-en-soleil series
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1016
Description: Arched rectangular shape; ovolo-moulded edging; Tudor royal shield within a cartouche, garter, crown, motto and supporters (crowned lion and dragon); Tudor rose to right of lion’s head, portcullis to left of dragon’s head.
Notes: The cartouche enclosing the shield is an unusual feature. A recasting. Mallam's auction, Abingdon, 9 Aug 2014, lot 1208 (£100).
Inscription: Garter and Royal mottoes [not legible]
Arms: Tudor royal (prob. Elizabeth I)
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in England.
Current location: not known.
- Attached to series:
- Tudor royal armorial firebacks