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Historic New England
Digitized Museum Collections
Fireback
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Item Information
Title:
Fireback
Description:
Rectangular body with curvilinear top ending in a bulbed finial. Scene has fruit tree flanked by a man and woman in 16th c. dress, surrounded by leaf and scroll borders, probably "Tree of Life" symbol.
Date:
1700–1799
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
casting (process)
iron (metal)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
firebacks
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
fruit
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
scrolls (motifs)
tree of life (general motif)
Iron
Slip Cast
Tree
Tree-of-Life
Leaf
Scroll
trees (woody plants)
Places:
Maine
>
York (county)
>
South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
36 in. x 25.75 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/7522
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.421
Identifier:
7522
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