Firebacks

528mm wide

  1. 705

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    528 x 670 mm

    Description: Stove side plate; cavetto moulded edging; upper panel, Ionic column and pedestal to left; six courtly scenes separated by arches and columns; lower panel, two circular frames, each with a figure, male to the left, female to the right, decorative scroll work between.

    Notes: Possibly a graphic retelling of the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16: 1-13)

    Inscription: [illegible]

    Manufactured: in the late 16th to early 17th century possibly in the Eifel area of Germany.

    Current location: Tiverton Castle, Tiverton, Devon, England.