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248
Description: Arched rectangular shape; astragal and fillet edging; shield, motto, earl’s coronet and supporters (a talbot erm. and a wolf or, ducally crowned gu.) of Stanhope impaling Pitt: quarterly (1st & 4th) erm. (2nd & 3rd) gu. (Stanhope); sa., a fess chequy az. and ar. between three bezants (Pitt); motto: A DEO ET REGE.
Notes: James Stanhope was created 1st Earl in 1718; he had married Lucy Pitt in 1714. The Stanhope seat was Chevening, near Sevenoaks.
Inscription: A DEO ET REGE
Arms: Stanhope impaling Pitt; James, Ist Earl Stanhope
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- carved pattern panels
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the early-18th century in England.
Current location: Chevening Park, Chevening, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Stanhope series
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964
Description: Rectangular; Twisted rope edging (top and sides); top centre, date; initials in triad in top corners; a double fleurs-de-lys between date and each set of initials, and two rotated down each side of the plate.
Notes: Formerly at a cottage in Bradford's Lane, Newent, Gloucestershire. Illustration from Bick 1987.
Inscription: TRD / 1662 / TRD
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in 1662 in the Forest of Dean area of England.
Current location: The Glasshouse Inn, May Hill, Longhope, Gloucestershire, England.
Citation: Bick, D. E., 1987, The Mines of Newent and Ross, (Newent, The Pound House), p. 35.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
