Metadata: Fireback (fragment)
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker | Caster
- Title:
- Fireback (fragment)
- Date:
- Creation: around 1683
- Inventory Number:
- 1959-S11/
- Collection:
- Firebacks
- Domain:
- Metallurgy
- Designation:
- Fireback
- Iconography:
- Coat of arms (heraldry)
- Material | Technique:
- Cast iron
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 80 x 95 x 2 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Date (1683)
- Description:
- Shield bearing the arms of France. The shield is crowned with the arms, the round edges of the shield are formed by the collar of the Order of St Michael, the collar of the Holy Spirit surrounds the whole. The field is covered with large fleurons. There is a fleur-de-lys in each corner. The date 1683 is inscribed at the top.
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- This object has been retro-inventoried. The circumstances of its arrival in the collection are currently not known. If you have any information that might be useful to the work’s provenance, please contact digital@mnaha.etat.lu .
- Acquisition date:
- 1959
- 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:
- 16.03.2026
