Fireback

Unknown

last quarter 17th century · Cast iron · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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. The arms are unidentified.

Artist

Unknown

Date

last quarter 17th century

Medium

Cast iron

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1995