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212
Description: Arched rectangular central panel, bead edging, female figure, her right arm raised, sitting on a bull; arched rectangular border, fillet edging, swags of fruit bunches suspended from ribbon, inscription below central panel; on top, symmetrical floral swirls and flowers; plain panel at bottom.
Notes: The image is of Europa being carried away to Crete by Zeus disguised as a bull.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 NDW 97
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- monogram
- text
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in 1697 in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: HA105015 (part of the Brighton Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' NDW series
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233
Description: Arched rectangular central panel, bead edging, a stork, to the left, its beak in the top of a tall vase, a fox seated to the right, a tree behind; arched rectangular border, fillet edging, swags of fruit bunches (missing at the sides) suspended from ribbon, inscription below central panel; on top, symmetrical floral swirls and flowers.
Notes: The scene is drawn from 'The Fox and the Stork', one of Aesop's fables. A recasting. Formerly at Ffynnon Deilo, Pendoylan, Glamorgan.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 NDW 97
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- animals
- objects
Manufactured: in 1697 in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: National History Museum, St Fagans, Glamorgan, Wales.
Museum number: 59.461 (part of the Welsh National History Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' NDW series
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1112
Description: Canted rectangular shape; individual moulded edging; centre, initials WB, above date.
Notes: The text appears to have been imprinted into a mould formed from a base panel.
Inscription: WB / 1697
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1697 possibly in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Crowborough, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
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187
Description: 'Dutch' style; arched rectangular shaped central panel, bead edging, two children sitting astride a beast (possibly a winged ram); arched rectangular shaped border, fillet edging, swags of fruit bunches suspended from ribbon; on top, symmetrical floral swirls and flowers.
Notes: The image is probably intended to be Phryxus and Helle riding the winged ram with the golden fleece, but in recasting it has been misinterpreted as the young Samson slaying the lion at Timnath; Judges 14: 5-6. Formerly part of the Ade Collection (from Grove Hill, Hellingly, Sussex).
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 NDW 97 / DER IUNGE SAMSON [the young Samson]
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- mythological
- monogram
- text
- humans
Manufactured: in 1697 possibly in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, John's Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: HASMG 1952.51.28 (part of the Hastings Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' NDW series
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414
Description: Rectangular central panel with elongated arch; bead edging; semi-nude figure of Poseidon/Neptune, a trident in his right hand, standing on two hippocampi (mythical sea horses). Rectangular border with elongated arch; fillet edging; two suspended festoons of fruit and leaves; at the bottom, the date and monogram. On top, two scrolls of foliage. On each shoulder of the fireback, a basket with fruit
Notes: A number of images of Poseidon on firebacks bear more than a passing similarity to fountain statuary. This is just such an example although the source of the design has yet to be identified. Formerly part of the J. H. Every collection.
Copies of this fireback are known.
Inscription: 16 NDW 97
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- monogram
- text
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in 1697 in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.075 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' NDW series
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1294
Description: Rectangular shape; cavetto-moulded edging (top and sides only); top left, initials IL and top right, 1697.
Notes: The style of lettering and numerals indicate that this is a casting from a larger group produced between the late-1660s and late 1690s.
Inscription: IL 1697
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1697 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Parham House, Parham, West Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- 1660s-90s Wealden series
- Date & initials firebacks
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650
Description: Damaged; top missing; arched rectangular central panel with bead edging; with tassel at top; three nude female figures: on top, Juno/Hera with a peacock, to the left Venus/Aphrodite, the young cupid/Eros at her feet, to the right Minerva/Athena with spear and shield; border with fillet edging; two suspended festoons of fruit and leaves; date and monogram in rectangular panel below central panel; rectangular panel at the bottom, with the inscription, PALLAS VND VENVS.
Notes: The three goddesses are those whose beauty was the subject of the Judgement of Paris. The composition is copied from an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c1560-1618). Examples of this fireback have been recast in England, the opportunity being taken to insert an English inscription in place of the customary date and pattern maker's monogram.
Inscription: 16 NDW 97 / PALLAS VND VENVS
- Decoration tags:
- 'Dutch' (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- humans
Manufactured: in 1697 in the Siegerland area of Germany.
Current location: Eastgate House, High Street, Rochester, Kent, England.
Museum number: A3493 (part of the Rochester Guildhall Museum museum group)
- Attached to series:
- 'Dutch' NDW series
- Judgement of Paris firebacks
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861
Description: Canted rectangle; twisted rope edging (top and sides); top centre, date.
Inscription: 1697
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1697 in England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Date only firebacks