TWO BRITISH ARMORIAL ITEMS

1870 AND 19TH CENTURY

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TWO BRITISH ARMORIAL ITEMS
1870 and 19th Century
A pair of black patent leather carriage horse blinkers, each bearing an ornate coat of arms of the 5th Earl of Fife, impaled with those of his Countess, in silver-plated metal with motto VIRTUTE ET OPERA, and ornamental border and two buckles to match (one buckle detached but present); and an ornament, possibly for a private carriage or harness, in the form of an armorial shield with motto scroll MURUS AENEUS CONSCIENTIA SANA, and lion and griffon supporters, all in cast white metal (3)

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Please note that the date of the first item should read "Circa 1860-69"

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James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife, 1814-97, married Lady Agnes Hay, daughter of the Earl of Errol. Their son, who married Princess Louise and became the 1st Duke of Fife, was shipwrecked in the Mediterranean in 1911 and, although rescued, subsequently died of pneumonia, having lent his dressing-gown to a fellow-passenger.
The second motto mentioned is recorded for the Lumley and Williamson families

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