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835
Description: Rectangular central panel with fillet edging; poorly modelled standing figure possibly of Diana, goddess of hunting, holding a bow in her left hand and an arrow in her right hand, on a low plinth; border with fillet edging along sides and bottom, with mirrored vine tendril and leaves on each side; date split either side of leaves at bottom; on top, symmetrical swirled foliate arrangement.
Notes: A characteristic small fireback from the period of the changeover to coal-fired domestic heating.
Inscription: 17 33
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with ornate arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- text
- humans
- plants
Manufactured: in 1733 in England.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Late pictorial series (all)