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Seymour. <u>Iron and Brass Implements of the English House</u>. London, 1964. Fig.23, p.10."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lloyd, N. Domestic Ironwork. I. Firebacks. <u>Archaeological Review</u>. LVIII, 1925.  pp.58-67. Fig.7(b)."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Roberts & Co. Trade Catalogue. <u>Period Grates and Fireplace Accessories</u>. 1925. Section IV, p.25, R.20."},{"reference":{"text":"Hodgkinson, Jeremy. <u>British Cast-Iron Firebacks of the 16th to Mid-18th Centuries</u>. 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