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1132
Description: Cavetto-canted arched rectangular shape; rebated wide fillet edging; shield of Llewellyn impaling unidentified arms: (Llewellyn) Per fesse embattled, azure and or, a javelin erect, between two boars' heads erased in chief, and a like boar's head between two javelins in base, all counterchanged; below, scroll bearing the motto, Gwell angau na Chywilydd (Death before Dishonour), possibly inscribed after casting.
Notes: The arms were granted to Robert William Llewellyn of Court Colman and Baglan Hall, Glamorgan, in 1902.
Inscription: Gwell angau na Chywilydd {Better death than shame]
Arms: Llewellyn, of Court Colman, Glamorgan
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners and round arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- heraldic
- armorial
- text
Manufactured: in the early-20th century in Wales.
Current location: Gallops Architectural, Ty-r-Ash, Brecon Road, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales.
- Attached to series:
- Personal armorial firebacks