TWO OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATES
TWO OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATES

CIRCA 1768 AND 1755

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TWO OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATES
Circa 1768 and 1755
The first with the arms of Louthian in the center contained within an elaborate scene showing the ruins of an arched bridge through which a town is visible on the riverbank, a statue at one side, interlaced L's on its pediment, and on the other a tombstone with the date 1768 in Roman numerals, the second with the arms of Archer impaling Meares on the rim within a colorful rocaillerie border, floral center
8 7/8 and 9¼in. (22.5 and 23.5cm.) diam. (2)

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