A MONUMENTAL WILLIAM IV CARVED STONE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS, the central oval medallion garlanded by a laurel festoon and surmounted by a crown with finial, inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, quartered with the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and centred by the Coat of Arms of the Hanoverian Dynasty, flanked by the Lion and Unicorn supporters, the scrolld ribbon base with the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT, (the unicorn's head, left leg and mane damaged and repaired; the cross orb with old damage) Irish, circa 1837

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A MONUMENTAL WILLIAM IV CARVED STONE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS, the central oval medallion garlanded by a laurel festoon and surmounted by a crown with finial, inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, quartered with the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and centred by the Coat of Arms of the Hanoverian Dynasty, flanked by the Lion and Unicorn supporters, the scrolld ribbon base with the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT, (the unicorn's head, left leg and mane damaged and repaired; the cross orb with old damage) Irish, circa 1837
the lion: 47in. (119.5cm.) high; 40in. (101.5cm.) wide
the centre panel: 85in. (216cm.) high; 41in. (104cm.) wide
the Unicorn: 56in. (142.5cm.) high: 32in. (81.5cm.) wide

Provenance

Removed from the Courthouse, Tullamore, King's County, Ireland, circa 1922.

Lot Essay

The courthouse, Tullamore, (now Co. Offaly) was designed by the architect Joseph B. Keane (fl. 1829-50), who had added during the 1840's, the hexastyle Doric Portico of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary's in Dublin.

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