A RARE PARCEL-GILT ARMORIAL BADGE WITH ROYAL CROWN

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A RARE PARCEL-GILT ARMORIAL BADGE WITH ROYAL CROWN
the crown with maker's mark of Francis Leake, London, 1684, the badge with maker's mark of Francis Garthorne struck twice only, London, circa 1720

Formed as the horse of Hanover, the crown of Charlemagne, the Thistle of Scotland and the Tudor Rose of England above the Royal motto 'DIEU ET MON DROIT' surmounted by the the Royal crown, all on later velvet mount within ebonised frame, the crown fully marked, the badge with maker's mark struck twice only - the frame 16½in. (42cm.) high

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The Property of THE LORD ELPHINSTONE

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Although it appears that Francis Garthorne was using the maker's mark that appears on the badge before the Britannia Standard was imposed in 1697, the arms must post date the accession of the House of Hanover to the throne of England in 1714 and the ending of the Britannia Standard period in 1719 when Garthorne's mark was G enclosing A.

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