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1139
Description: Carved wooden fireback pattern. Arched rectangular shape; fillet edging to a rounded frame with sections of acanthus leaves at the corners and at the top of the arch, and blank campartments in between; astragal and fillet inside edging; arched rectangular inscription scroll suspended with faux ribbon from the top of the arch; below, a coronet over a large baroque cartouche containg two oval shields: Massenbach - azure two bars or, d'Helmstadt - argent a crow sable; on either side, lion rampant reguardant supporters; four vertical planklines.
Notes: A finely executed carving. Nicolas de Massenbach (1659-1722) and Francoise d'Helmstadt (d.1729) were married at Ourches-sur-Meuse, in Lorraine, in 1695.
Inscription: NDM 1710 FDH
Arms: Nicolas de Massenbach and Francoise d'Helmstadt
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- heraldic
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1710 in France.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Palasi, P., 2014, Plaques de Cheminées Héraldiques (Paris, Éditions Gourcuff-Gradenigo).
- Attached to series:
- Patterns
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468
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); stamp formed of a bordered strip with an undulating vine with grapes and leaves, repeated six times in three horizontal rows of two; below, a short piece of the same strip positioned vertically and repeated twelve times.
Notes: The vine strip features on many firebacks indicating a common source. Illustration from Lloyd, 1925.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- objects
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-16th century possibly at Pounsley Furnace, Framfield in the Weald area of England.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Lloyd, N., 1925, 'Domestic Ironwork I', Architectural Review, 58, pp. 58-67.
- Attached to series:
- Pounsley series
- Vine strip series
- Furniture stamp firebacks
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864
Description: Canted rectangle; double fillet edging (top and sides); top centre, date; initials in triad, repeated on each side, with a fleur-de-lys between; three fleurs-de-lys evenly spaced below initial groups.
Notes: The initials are likely to be those of a husband (E) and wife (I/J) whose surname begins R.
Inscription: 1688 / ERI ERI [both triads]
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners (shape)
- double fillet (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- heraldic
- text
Manufactured: in 1688 possibly in the Shropshire area of England.
Current location: Castle Square, Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
(part of the Ludlow Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Ludlow series
- Date & initials firebacks