Lot Essay
From a service presented to the town of Newbury ('burgus' being an old English word for township or borough) by Captain Charles Barnard of the Wexford. See D.S. Howard, op. cit., pp. 58 and 789.
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CIRCA 1815
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AN ARMORIAL PLATTER
CIRCA 1815
Rectangular with chamfered corners, the center with grisaille arms of the town of Newbury beneath the inscription BURGES DE NEWBURY within a green surround, the ground with orange, blue yellow and puce dragons contesting a flaming pearl amid colorful clouds
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.)
CIRCA 1815
Rectangular with chamfered corners, the center with grisaille arms of the town of Newbury beneath the inscription BURGES DE NEWBURY within a green surround, the ground with orange, blue yellow and puce dragons contesting a flaming pearl amid colorful clouds
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.)