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.
firebacks
casting (process)
iron (metal)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
trees
fruit
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
scrolls (motifs)
tree of life (general motif)
Iron
Slip Cast
Tree
Tree-of-Life
Leaf
Scroll
FIREBACK
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
England
36 x 25.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.421
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