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Description: Arched rectangular shape; ovolo moulded edging; Tudor royal shield, garter, crown, motto and supporters (crowned lion and dragon); plain panels at sides and bottom.
Notes: A common variant has a rose and portcullis either side of the crown, and the top of the lion's crown and the dragon's ear do not overlap the edging; without the extension panels, the approximate dimensions of the main plate are 805mm wide by 590 high.
Inscription: [Garter] HONI SOIT QVI MAL E PENSE / [motto] DIEV ET MON DROIT
Arms: Tudor royal
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- rope and wood moulding (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- extension panels
- armorial
Manufactured: in the mid to late 16th century in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Tudor royal armorial firebacks
- Tudor royal armorial (plain) series
