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Description: Carved wooden fireback pattern. Cavetto-canted rectangle with arch; ovolo-moulded edging; shield, garter, helm, mantling, crest, motto and supporters of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, KG (1520-98). Date below garter.
Notes: William Cecil was Queen Elizabeth I's first minister. Several firebacks cast using this fine carved, wooden painted panel are known.
Inscription: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE / COR VNVM [ET] VIA VNA / 15 75
Arms: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, KG
- Decoration tags:
- cavetto-canted arched rectangular (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1575 in England.
Current location: Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Patterns
- Personal armorial firebacks
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Description: Cavetto-canted rectangle with arch; ovolo-moulded edging; shield, garter, helm, mantling, crest and supporters of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, KG (1520-98). Date below garter.
Notes: William Cecil was Queen Elizabeth I's first minister. The wooden pattern for this fireback, itself a fine carved, wooden painted panel, is at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE 15 75
Arms: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG
- Decoration tags:
- cavetto-canted arched rectangular (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1575 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks
- Armorial panel firebacks