Lot Essay
The arms are those of Kerr with Martin in pretence. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 694, where he notes that the border panels illustrate the four quarters of the globe. Europe, with a gun, merchandise, a cornucopia of plenty and a lady displaying symbols of peace and liberty; Asia, with a pyramid, a camel, pagoda and an Eastern potentate; Africa, with natives trading in trinkets by a jungle, beside an elephant and a crocodile; and America with an Indian, a bear and tobacco plants. Cf. also D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., p. 435, and F. et N. Hervouet et Y. Bruneau, op. cit., p. 328, no. 14.10