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689
Description: Rectangular with pediment; ovolo moulded edging inside top of pediment and inside top and sides of rectangle; centre top, four-petal rose and crown with three fleurs-de-lys below; at either end, stamps made from two parts of a wreath (the middle section missing); in the pediment a cross.
Notes: The wreaths from which the stamps have been disassembled can be seen complete on two other firebacks, and the rose and crown is a common stamp on a large series of early firebacks.
Inscription: I T
- Decoration tags:
- triangular arched (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- heraldic
- royal
- text
- objects
Manufactured: in the late-16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Slaugham, West Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Royal series
- Royal (wreath) series
- Fleur-de-lys firebacks
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771
Description: Rectangular with triangular pediment; stepped fillet and ogee moulded edge; initials in rectangular panel (F reversed); date in pediment.
Notes: The triangular top is a separate element, in this instance impressed before the lower panel. A variant at Hastings Museum (no. 118) has the letters positioned slightly differently.
Inscription: 1586 / FM
- Decoration tags:
- triangular arched (shape)
- stepped fillet and ogee (edging)
- individual letters
- date stamp
- text
Manufactured: in 1586 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, England.
Museum number: M.129-1913 (part of the Victoria & Albert Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 1586 series
