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146
Description: Arched rectangular shape; cavetto moulded edging; shield, helm, crest, supporters, mantling and motto of the Corporation of the City of London; initials split by crest; date split at ends of motto.
Notes: Shield: Argent, a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword in pale point upwards of the last; crest: on a wreath argent and gules a dragon's sinister wing argent, charged on the underside with a cross throughout gules; supporters: on either side a dragon argent charged on the undersides of the wings with a cross throughout gules; motto: Domine Dirige Nos - Lord Direct Us; the earliest illustration of the arms in this form was in 1609, but their use is older.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: F W / 16 DOMINE DIRIGE NOS 59
Arms: Corporation of the City of London
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1659 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, John's Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 952.51.53 (part of the Hastings Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Civic firebacks
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355
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.
Notes: Both '3's in the date are a substitution, with another casting suggesting an original date of 1614 or 1624. The pattern-maker was also responsible for carving royal coats of arms in three West Country churches and a small numnber of series of firebacks in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 33 / [ARMES] BRISTOLL
Arms: City of Bristol
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with detached pediment (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual numbers
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1633 possibly in the Forest of Dean area of England.
Current location: Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.
Museum number: 88278827 (part of the English Heritage museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Civic firebacks
- Bristol armorial series
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694
Description: Arched shape with scrolled side brackets; astragal edging on arch; bipartite design with side pilasters and a central pilaster surmounted by two gothic traceried arches within each of which are two roses and two fleurs-de-lys; below left arch, letter ‘W’ (possibly ‘WY’ monogram) above first half of date; below right arch, shield bearing arms of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon above second half of date.
Notes: The combination of the monogram and the arms of Stratford suggest an individual with a formal office within the borough; a mixture of Gothic and Classical elements; damage to bottom right side.
Inscription: W [Y?] / 15 85
Arms: Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched (shape)
- astragal (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- heraldic
- architectural
- text
Manufactured: in 1585 in England.
Current location: Nash's House, Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
(part of the Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous pattern firebacks
- Date & initials firebacks
- Civic firebacks
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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: in private hands Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Civic firebacks
- Bristol armorial series