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876
Description: Canted rectangle; complex moulded edging (top and sides); rectangular incised initial stamp repeated ten times 3-4-3.
Notes: The use of an incised stamp is uncommon.
Inscription: RTI [repeated 10 times]
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- carved stamps
- text
Manufactured: in the 17th century in England.
Current location: Westwood Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.
Museum number: 222509.1 (part of the National Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
- Miscellaneous stamp firebacks
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1247
Description: Low-arched shape with bevelled edging (top and sides); in each top corner, capital letter 'P' below a stylised earl's coronet, the serif at the foot of the P facing outwards on each side of the fireback.
Notes: Evidently intended to relate to the property of, or commemorating, an earl; the earldom in question has not been identified.
Inscription: P P
- Decoration tags:
- arched (shape)
- bevelled (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in the 20th century in England.
Current location: in private hands, Broomfield, Somerset, England.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
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221
Description: Rectangular; plain plate; inscription in capitals split between top corners, ‘I’ crossed.
Notes: The letters are likely to have been formed by tracing their shape in the casting sand using a pointed implement.
Inscription: I R
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- individual letters
- text
Manufactured: in the early-17th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Buxted, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
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1124
Description: Canted rectangular shape; twisted rope edging (top and sides); initial in each top corner, the S angled to the right.
Notes: Initial letters are in high relief. The Pedestal Auction, Cirencester, 4 Mar 2019, lot 155 (£240).
Inscription: W S
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- text
Manufactured: in the 17th century in England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
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1024
Description: Canted rectangular shape with canted arch; probable twisted leather edging (top and sides); top centre, initials RB formed of individual carved letters; centre, widely spaced, letters M H formed of short lengths of probable twisted leather.
Notes: An unusually shaped fireback
Inscription: RB / M H
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular with canted arch (shape)
- twisted leather (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- text
Manufactured: in the early- to mid-17th century in England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
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1051
Description: Rectangular with triangular arch; ovolo-moulded edging (top and sides); small stamp of a ‘Renaissance’ shield bearing the initials IC, repeated eight times 3-2-3) in a regular arrangement.
Notes: The initials have not been identified.
Inscription: IC
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with triangular arch (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
- Triangle arch series
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169
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); inscription made of short lengths of twisted rope, irregularly spaced across upper middle, central device formed of a Tudor 'A' with overstamped 'V'.
Notes: It is not clear if the central device is a monogram, or if it might have apotropaic significance.
Inscription: T A M T
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- apotropaic
- text
- objects
Manufactured: in the early- to mid-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, John's Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: HASMG: 1911.60.7 (part of the Hastings Museum museum group)
Citation: Page, S. & Wallace, M. (eds.), 2018, Spellbound (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum), p. 72.
- Attached to series:
- Rope design firebacks
- Initials only firebacks
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331
Description: Rectangular; no edging; inscription evenly spaced along top, sans serif lettering.
Inscription: IS D T IS
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- text
Manufactured: in the late-19th to early-20th century in England.
Current location: Horsham Museum, Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex, England.
(part of the Horsham Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks
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942
Description: Rectangular with a central rectangular extension; twisted rope edging; fleur-de-lys stamp with twisted band repeated three times at top; ?rose stamp repeated five times in line below fleurs, some over pressed, central rose above others; cabled anchor stamp repeated twice, either side of central rose; initials below central rose; ?cow and dog stamps each repeated twice alternately in line below initials; eight rivets from later repair.
Notes: None of the stamps is known from any other fireback; cabled anchor may suggest a connection with a seaport.
Inscription: HI
- Decoration tags:
- square-arched rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- heraldic
- text
- animals
- plants
- objects
Manufactured: in the early-17th century in England.
Current location: Wilberforce House, High Street, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.
(part of the Hull Museums museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous stamp firebacks
- Initials only firebacks
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1250
Description: Plain rectangular shape; no edging; separate initials in top left corners.
Notes: The regular form of the letters suggest that they might be reused printing blocks.
Inscription: T F
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- carved stamps
- text
Manufactured: in the 19th century in England.
Current location: in private hands, Isleworth, London, England.
- Attached to series:
- Initials only firebacks