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203
Description: Rectangular; fillet edging; fillet parallel to top edge separating top quarter; two fillets parallel to sides separating side quarters; halves of date in top corner squares.
Notes: Numeral style is typical of first half of 18th century.
Inscription: 17 36
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1736 in England.
Current location: Selly Manor, Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
(part of the Selly Manor museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Date only firebacks
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392
Description: Arched rectangular shape; cavetto moulding on all sides, with short gaps at each end of the base (possibly to accommodate firedogs); date in top corners; shield, supporters, coronet and motto of the Barony of Bergavenny: Gules, on a saltire argent, a rose of the field, barbed and seeded proper. The motto, ‘Ne vile velis’ (Wish nothing base) is a pun on the family name.
Notes: The arms are those of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny, of Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row, Sussex. The date of the fireback coincides with the completion of the mansion.
Inscription: 1736 / NE VILE VELIS
Arms: William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual numbers
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in 1736 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.086 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
Citation: Hughes, G. B., 1955, 'Old English Firebacks', Country Life, 117, 21 April, pp. 1056-60.
- Attached to series:
- Bergavenny firebacks
- Personal armorial firebacks
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637
Description: Rectangular; astragal and fillet edging; date across top of plate.
Notes: One of a series of backs dating to the 1730s and 40s using the same set of letters and numerals.
Inscription: 1736
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1736 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Mark Ripley Forge & Fireplaces, Northbridge Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date only firebacks
- 1730s-40s, date & initial series 1