Plaque
A. Blackburn (fl.1893)
Category
Hatchments and heraldic shields
Date
1894
Materials
Oak and paint
Measurements
210 mm (H); 255 mm (W); 19 mm (D)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 27043.6
Summary
One of eight carved and painted oak plaques depicting different coats of arms which together formed the back panel of a settle. The central shield stands on a background of white painted linen fold carving supported by three staves with gold trefoil oak leaf terminals. The flat silver painted shield with green rolled rope edge surmounted by gold oak leaf trefoil finials shows a silver lion, upper torso only, on a V-shaped blue ground above two blue fleur-de-lys. The top edge is punched and marked in pencil; IIII / Top. Inside the fitted drawer (NT27032.3).
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
A. Blackburn (fl.1893), carver Jessica Cave, artist Walter Frederick Cave (Bristol 1863 - London 1939), designer William Hall, maker