How many firebacks come up for sale?

Around four reach Sellingantiques in a year, which makes them one of the quieter hearth categories. Twenty-one different dealers have listed one, so the trade in them is spread wide rather than held by a few specialists. Almost nobody handles them repeatedly.

Why are so many called fireplace reflectors?

It's a dealer's phrasing for the same object, and it has spread. A quarter of all titles in the archive use fireplace reflector rather than fireback, and one uses hearth reflector. The term points at the function, the plate pushing heat back into the room, rather than at where it sits.

What designs appear on the plates?

Heraldry and beasts. The named subjects in the archive are a Welsh Dragon, a Horse and Rider, a Lion and Unicorn coat of arms, Armour and an Eagle, and a Tree of Life, each appearing once. Style labels also turn up as subjects in their own right, with Heraldic, Neoclassical Revival and Carolean Revival among them. About a quarter of titles name a subject at all; the rest describe a plain plate.

Are 17th-century firebacks common in listings?

No. Victorian and 19th century between them account for most of the category, with 1900s behind. Only three listings are given as 17th century and one as before 1700. What does turn up often is 17th-century taste on later iron. Three plates are described as being of 17th-century design or in 17th style while dated to the 19th century. One casting reads 1635 yet is catalogued as 1930s.

Do firebacks sell with grates or andirons?

Sometimes. Roughly one in six listings pairs a back with a grate, fire basket, fender or andirons as a hearth group. Those grouped lots run well above the standalone plates in the archive. A small handful of listings are grates or firegrates on their own, catalogued alongside the backs with no plate mentioned.

Where were these firebacks made?

English is stated in fifteen titles and is the origin for everything here bar one French plate. No Dutch, Belgian or German examples appear. No foundry or ironworks name is recorded anywhere in the archive, and no regional attribution either. The listings describe the finished plate and its design, not who cast it.

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A fireback is a thick slab of cast iron that stands upright at the back of an open hearth, guarding the brickwork and throwing heat back into the room.

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Cast Iron Fireback of Horse and Rider, C.1700

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Attractive Antique Large Cast & Wrought Iron Fire Basket with Back

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