Fireback, last quarter 17th century, French, Cast iron, 48 × 40 1/2 in. (121.9 × 102.9 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Fireback: a rectangular plaque with a broken arch at the top surmounted by a vase with flames issuing from the top, and below, scrolls with depending husk ornament framing a double coat of arms in relief depicting an oval shield (sinister), barry, and an oval shield (dexter), charged with three pine cones, 2 and 1, with rampant lion supporters and surmounted by a coronet with alternating strawberry leaves and fleurs-de-lis, below the arms, a scrolled plinth ornamented with a grotesque mask
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Fireback, last quarter 17th century, French, Cast iron, 48, 40 1/2, 121.9, 102.9 cm, Metalwork-Iron, rectangular plaque, broken arch, top surmounted, vase, flames issuing, top, scrolls, depending husk ornament, framing, double coat, arms, relief depicting, oval shield, sinister, barry, dexter, charged, three pine, cones, 2, 1, rampant lion, supporters, surmounted, coronet, alternating strawberry, leaves, fleurs-de-lis, scrolled plinth, ornamented, grotesque mask
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