Show fire back used centar es ago A very fise example of old time fire backs has been discovered in an old seventeenth century house at kea hington near ashford england the subject used tor the decoration of the panel in the center la a king driving in a chariot drawn by horses over a bridge spanning a foaming torrent the whole is framed in a border of oak leaves and an inscription was evi dently introduced at the bottom but this has now become illegible the height is 2 feet 9 inches the width only 2 feet and the modeling and en tire workmanship are remarkably delicate and good showing the ad vance that had been made from the rough clumsy design of the early of which expediency in the first place necessitated the production |