Metadata: Fireback
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker | Caster
- Title:
- Fireback
- Date:
- Creation: around 1611
- Inventory Number:
- 1948-012/
- Collection:
- Firebacks
- Domain:
- Metallurgy
- Designation:
- Fireback
- Iconography:
- Coat of arms (heraldry)
- Material | Technique:
- Cast iron
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 73.5 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (DE LORRAINE ESPAGNE ANGLIA NEVERS)
- Date (1611)
- Inscription (FRANCE)
- Description:
- Weapons of : 1. Louis de Lorraine, cardinal of Guise, archbishop of Reims 2. Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England 3. Philip III of Spain 4. Charles I, Duke of Nevers, etc. Above the 4 small coats of arms is a respective cartouche with the inscription: DE LORRAINE ESPAGNE ANGLIA NEVERS In the centre are the arms of France. The tip of the crown is surrounded by the date 1611. Below, a cartouche bearing the inscription: FRANCE.
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1948
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 20.03.2026
