Plaque
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Walnut and metal
Measurements
285 x 185 mm
Place of origin
Grantham
Collection
Grantham House, Lincolnshire
NT 493595
Summary
A walnut shield chamfered, with a cast resin plaque (to resemble bronze) 'KING'S SCHOOL, GRANTHAM' with the badge of the pelican in her piety quartered with a sword and two keys circumscribed by the garter with motto and surmounted by a bishop's mitre ' B D Linley' scratched on reverse.
Marks and inscriptions
KING'S SCHOOL/GRANTHAM (on front of shield) / B D Linley (on reverse)