Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Mainwaring Baines, Wealden Firebacks, Hastings Museum 1958.
J. Mainwaring Baines, Wealden Firebacks, Hastings Museum 1958.
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PROBABLY MID 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Fine and Rare English Cast Iron Fire Back
Probably mid 16th century
Of rectangular outline, cast with three arched panels containing crowned rosettes, each with a further rosette below, interspersed with registers of Gothic trefoil crestings, fleur de lis and ropetwist ornament, all within a threequarter ropetwist border
29¾in. x 45½in. (75.5 x 115.5cm)
Probably mid 16th century
Of rectangular outline, cast with three arched panels containing crowned rosettes, each with a further rosette below, interspersed with registers of Gothic trefoil crestings, fleur de lis and ropetwist ornament, all within a threequarter ropetwist border
29¾in. x 45½in. (75.5 x 115.5cm)
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