Firebacks

Description: Arched rectangular shaped; fillet edging with embattled relief inside; shield, helm, crest and mantling of the Blacksmiths' Company.

Notes: Arms of the Blacksmiths' company: Sable, a chevron Or between three hammers Argent and crowned with open crowns of the second; crest: a phoenix in flames rising proper. The arms were granted in 1611. Several different versions of these arms are to be found on firebacks. Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, auction 8 Jan 2015 lot 44.

Copies of this fireback are known.

Arms: Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths