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Description: Complex quasi-arched rectangular shape with astragal and fillet edging; within a parallel border and a rococo cartouche an oval shield (argent, a lion rampant sable, crowned, armed and langued gules), surmounted by a ducal coronet, and a bishop's mitre and crozier; above, a bishop's hat with trailing tassels; below, a compartment semie with diamond shapes.
Notes: Henri-Louis-René de Nos (1717-93) was abbot of Saint-Sauveur de Redon in 1747 and later, successively, Bishop of Rennes and of Verdun.
Arms: Henri-Louis-René de Nos
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with canted top corners and round arch (shape)
- astragal & fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the mid- to late-18th century in France.
Current location: not known.
Citation: Palasi, P., 2014, Plaques de Cheminées Héraldiques (Paris, Éditions Gourcuff-Gradenigo).
- Attached to series:
- Foreign armorial firebacks
