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821
Description: Arched rectangular shape; fillet edging; shield, crest and motto in relief in a recessed arched rectangle.
Notes: The arms are of Weston, of West Horsley, Surrey: Sable, a chevron or between three leopards heads erased argent crowned or and langued gules; crest: a wolf passant ducally gorged or; motto: Gloria sat Deus unus - God alone is sufficient glory; the Westons were at West Horsley Place from the mid 18th century.
Inscription: GLORIA SAT DEUS UNUS
Arms: Weston family of West Horsley, Surrey
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the mid to late 19th century in England.
Current location: Mark Ripley Forge & Fireplaces, Northbridge Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
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1173
Description: Arched rectangular central panel with bead on broad fillet edging; pictorial scene of Neptune/Poseidon, a trident in hand, in a chariot drawn through the waves by two 'sea horses', above are clouds and three birds; arched rectangular border with fillet edging; diagonal grid forming squares, in each one of two types of flower arranged in alternate lines; at the bottom, the letter W in a cartouche between swirled foliage; on top, mirrored swirled foliage issuing upwards from a mythical creature on each shoulder.
Notes: There is some question as to whether this is a later pastiche of an early-eighteenth century style,
Inscription: W
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in England.
Current location: Macintosh Antiques, The Courtyard, Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
- Attached to series:
- W series
- British 'Dutch' style firebacks
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1079
Description: Quasi-arched rectangular shape; fillet edging, indented on the inner edge; pictorial representation of a phoenix rising from flames, date split either side of its neck; the lateral edges are wide in relation to the top, from which the arch rises from two loop and is surmounted by a fleur-de-lys; above each shoulder of the plate, a roundel.
Notes: The looped fillet edging is rarely seen and does not seem to be diagnostic of a particular pattern-maker.
Inscription: 16 77
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- animals
Manufactured: in 1677 possibly in the Staffordshire area of England.
Current location: Ford Green Hall, Ford Green Road, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
(part of the Stoke-on-Trent Museums museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous pattern firebacks
- Phoenix firebacks
- Loop edged firebacks
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709
Description: Arched central panel with fillet edging; figure in classical dress standing on a mound in front of a leafless tree; u; ninterrupted side and bottom border with straight fillet edges; at sides, mirrored low-relief undulating tendril design; at bottom, central leaf design; on top, central plume with hanging flower, between mirrored low-relief foliate swirls.
Notes: The figure is probably an allegory of Humility. Another example of this fireback bears the date 1746.
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- humans
- plants
Manufactured: in the mid 18th century .
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
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1140
Description: Arched rectangular shape with arch on top; rebated fillet edging; below mirrored putti holding crossed fronds, the figure of St George slaying the dragon; on each side a flame-topped column.
Notes: The central panel of what would otherwise have been a typical bordered fireback intended for the Dutch market.
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular with arch (shape)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- historical
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in the mid to late 17th century in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, Kensington & Chelsea, London, England.
Museum number: 797-1899 (part of the Victoria & Albert Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' Miscellaneous Firebacks
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300
Description: Arched rectangular shaped central panel with bead-and-pellet edging on a broad fillet; Jupiter in his chariot drawn by eagles; above are clouds, below is a landscape; arched rectangular shaped border with fillet edging, with a symmetrical scrolled wire design; the monogram, SHR, bottom centre; above is a symmetrical design of scrolled floral tendrils.
Notes: The design is derived from a personification of the planet, Jupiter, in 'Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci', by Marten de Vos (1585).
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: SHR
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- monogram
- animals
- humans
- objects
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in England.
Current location: Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
Museum number: 1180886 (part of the National Trust museum group)
Citation: Dawson, C., 1903, 'Sussex Iron Work and Pottery', Sussex Archaeological Collections, 46, pp. 1-54.
Citation: Gardner, J. S., 1898, 'Iron Casting in the Weald', Archaeologia, 56, 1, pp. 133-164.
- Attached to series:
- SHR series
- British 'Dutch' style firebacks
- De Vos Planets series
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1055
Description: Arched rectangular shape with small triangular protrusions in each top corner; fillet edging (top and sides); top centre, date stamp, over-pressed on right side; top corners, single fleur-de-lys stamp; below date, initials in triad.
Notes: The fleur-de-lys is of a distinctive form; the small triangular protrusions are not seen on other firebacks. Wilkinson's, Doncaster, auction 26 Feb 2017 lot 272. A fireback with the same date stamp is at Newark Park, Ozleworth, Gloucestershire.
Inscription: 1634 / RCS [triad]
- Decoration tags:
- arched quasi-rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- date stamp
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in 1634 in England.
Current location: not known.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
- 1634 stamp series