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878
Description: Cavetto-canted arched rectangle; twisted rope edging, separately around rectangle and arch; initials 'R' and 'H' in upper left and right corners of rectangle; 'M' above date in arch.
Notes: The arch does not appear to have been a separate stamp, although the rope edging gives that impression; the initials, in triad, suggest a husband and wife - R.. and H.. M..
Inscription: M / 1654 / / R H
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners and round arch (shape)
- rope (edging)
- simple stamps
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1654 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Birling, Kent, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks