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511
Description: Rectangular with semi-circular protrusions on the top and sides; cavetto edging; a pheon (a downward-pointing arrow head barbed on the inner edge), within a wreath, an earl’s coronet above; the date on either side of the coronet; the initials on left and right sides; a fleur de lys in each bottom corner.
Notes: The wreathed pheon and coronet are cast from a different pattern to the 1626 and 1630 plates.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 47 / R L
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with arched extensions (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in 1647 possibly at Robertsbridge Furnace, Salehurst in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Earl of Leicester series
- Personal firebacks
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588
Description: Arched rectangular shape with semi-circular protrusions at the sides; cavetto-moulded edging; a pheon (a downward-pointing arrow head barbed on the inner edge) within a wreath, an earl’s coronet above; the date on either side of the coronet; the initials on left and right sides; a fleur de lys in each bottom corner.
Notes: The detail of the wreath differs from that on the 1626 plate.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 30 / R L
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with arched extensions (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- text
- objects
Manufactured: in 1630 possibly at Robertsbridge Furnace, Salehurst in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Winchester Museums Store, Unit F2, Bar End Industrial Estate, Winchester, Hampshire, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
Museum number: WINCM:LH 5704 (part of the Winchester Museums museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Earl of Leicester series
- Personal firebacks
- Date & initials firebacks